The Social Democratic party has a long history of giving Moscow the benefit of the doubt and allowing wishful thinking to creep into its assessment of Russia’s motives. Look back to 2007. Then, as now, Ms Merkel was chancellor, the SPD’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier was foreign minister, and Mr Putin was arresting his opponents and accusing the west of plotting against him. In Germany, we were discussing whether the “new Ostpolitik” of rapprochement through interdependence was sustainable. A year later, Russia invaded Georgia - Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Det lyder bekendt...
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 06:23:48 +0000
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