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Scholz Putting a Brake on Recession in Germany, Recession Putting a Brake on Scholz

11:40 05.11.2024 Valeriya Belyaeva

Scholz Putting a Brake on Recession in Germany, Recession Putting a Brake on Scholz

A recent forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has yet again downgraded Germany's economic outlook. The country's economy is in turmoil, experiencing its second consecutive year of recession. IMF experts predict that Germany's GDP growth in 2024 will be nearly zero compared to the previous year. The situation is …

Berlin puzzle: speculating about Trump but looking to Harris

11:19 16.08.2024 Valeriya Belyaeva

Berlin puzzle: speculating about Trump but looking to Harris

The prospect of seeing Donald Trump as president yet again has long been causing serious worries among politicians in Germany. Neither the European Union as a whole, nor Germany proper expect anything good of such a prospect, which they have dubbed “a horrible scenario”. They do remember what a challenge …

Will the battle against migrants become a magic wand for Scholz?

11:36 17.07.2024 Pavel Khlestov

Will the battle against migrants become a magic wand for Scholz?

The defeat in the elections to the European Parliament, along with a panic fear of the threat from “the right flank”, coupled profusely with the recent successes of the National Alliance in France, “prompted” slow-moving Bundeschancellor Olaf Scholz to frantically search for ways of repairing the ruined reputation of his …

USA ‘passes’ Ukraine crisis over to Europe: problems and strategies

11:52 24.01.2024 Denis Baturin

USA ‘passes’ Ukraine crisis over to Europe: problems and strategies

The «trench reality» of Ukraine is becoming fraught with powerful political and economic consequences for Europe and the USA. The main point is that Ukrainian political leaders intend to continue the war in order to stay in power. Despite the forced mobilization, the flight of draftees from the country and …

Poland feels bitter: Ukraine walked off to the Germans?

11:07 13.10.2023 Vladislav Gulevich

Poland feels bitter: Ukraine walked off to the Germans?

Poland is unhappy with Kyiv gravitating towards Berlin, away from Warsaw. This is what Polish strategists warned about back at the dawn of the 20th century, but Poland’s current authorities just wouldn’t listen. Jozef Pilsudski's political opponent, Roman Dmowski, wrote during the 1930s that in Austrian Galicia the Ukrainian project …

Does Zeitenwende stand up to reality?

12:21 29.08.2023 Andrey Kadomtsev

Does Zeitenwende stand up to reality?

In a recent report, Reuters cited a "German government source" as saying that Berlin is once again putting on hold an increase in its defense spending to 2 percent of GDP. [i] After February 2022, the German authorities never tired of promising to ramp up the country’s military outlays to …

Germany’s new China strategy

11:39 02.08.2023 Valeriya Belyaeva

Germany’s new China strategy

For the first time in the history of the German government, after numerous promises and announcements, the Foreign Ministry has finally drawn up and presented to the broad public its Federal China Strategy. The document, the first in the half-century history of diplomatic relations between the two countries, defies any …

Poland vs Germany: staking on Ukraine

10:17 01.06.2023 Vladislav Gulevich

Poland vs Germany: staking on Ukraine

Warsaw's claims that Germany is not doing enough in terms of military assistance to Ukraine, coupled with a demand for financial reparations for the damage caused to Poland during World War II all stem from Poland's desire to squeeze Germany out of the European political stage. (1) At the heart …

The future of Orthodox shrine in Gifhorn (Germany)

11:49 31.08.2020 Elena Studneva

The future of Orthodox shrine in Gifhorn (Germany)

St.Nicholas’ Church in Gilhorn, Fotograf: User: ArtMechanic, 2006. St.Nicholas’ Orthodox Church in Gifhorn (Germany) – a copy of the ‘gem’ of the Russian wooden architecture of the 18th century – has for a long time heard none of the divine liturgy chants or the ringing of the bells after the …

Historical memory and the force of interpretation: how narratives reflect on foreign policy

10:18 04.08.2020 Andrey Torin

Historical memory and the force of interpretation: how narratives reflect on foreign policy

The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) recently hosted an online discussion on "How narratives in the public mind affect foreign policy." During the discussion, the speakers shared their views and ideas on the perception of social narratives, and also discussed the report “Gaps and Coincidences: a Study of Narratives in …

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