Regardless of however the “friendly competition” evolves between Germany and Poland over leading NATO 3.0 , one thing is certain, and it’s that US-led creative energy diplomacy will likely shape the post-war European security architecture. Reuters cited five unnamed sources to report that US Special Envoy for Russia Jared Kushner […]
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Why Were The German-Russian Foreign Ministers’ Talks A Dud Unlike The Belarusian-Polish Ones?
The German Foreign Minister only had domestic political motives for talking to his Russian counterpart while the Polish one had military-security motives for talking to his Belarusian counterpart. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed disappointment after his meeting with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, which was the first between their […]
Russia Could Make An Energy Truce Conditional On Resuming Pipeline Exports To Europe
Restoring some of their pre-2022 complex mutual interdependence through US mediation, even if only for the wintertime, could facilitate a series of pragmatic diplomatic-military compromises aimed at resolving the Ukrainian Conflict and jointly building the new continental security architecture. Zelensky recently proposed a partial truce with Russia that would include, […]
Sunday’s Elections Could Decide Merz’s Fate
rl Friedrich Merz has been chancellor for just 16 months, and he’s already facing the kind of electoral test that could determine whether he serves out anything close to a full term. Voters in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania went to the polls Sunday in elections that, on paper, are regional […]
Reading The Warning Signs Around Chancellor Merz
Political power in Germany rarely collapses overnight. It erodes first – in lost votes, in failed personnel reshuffles, in polling numbers that keep sliding without a clear floor – and only later does that erosion translate into an actual change of leadership. That’s the framework German political analysts are now […]
Putin Explained The Rise Of The AfD As The Consequence Of The EU’s Systemic Errors
Had former Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successors remained true to Helmut Kohl’s vision, then the AfD might never have become Germany’s most popular party, so its astronomical rise is entirely their fault. Putin was asked about the AfD’s recent landslide victory in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on the sidelines of […]
Are All Of Germany’s Media Lying By Calling The AfD Party ‘Far-Right’?
They all call it “far right” on account of that Party’s “remigration” policy of dealing with what is widely considered by Germans to be excessive allowance of immigrants into Germany. There is no other basis on which that term or phrase “far right” is being applied to the AfD. Obviously, […]
Nuclear Umbrella At The Gates Of The Northern Fleet
Europe is looking for insurance. After 2022, American guarantees no longer look ironclad, and northern capitals began searching for a substitute closer to home. On 2 March 2026, at the Île Longue submarine base, Emmanuel Macron announced the most significant shift in French nuclear doctrine in three decades. For the […]
EU: Pushing Itself Into The Grave – The Costs Of Supporting Ukraine
Russia’s war against Ukraine highlighted the most crucial geopolitical problems than any other conflict in the 21st century. And the consequences are yet to be seen. This crisis transcends major changes in the global balance of power. That’s why Kiev positioned itself as the only “Savior” of European democracy in […]
Paradise For Ukrainians In Europe: From Solidarity To Calculation
Just a few years ago, the very phrase “European solidarity” sounded almost like a guarantee: for Ukrainians forced to leave their homes, Europe opened its doors wider than its bureaucracy had ever allowed before. EU countries activated the Temporary Protection Directive for the first time in history to swiftly grant […]






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