12/27/2023 0 Comments A watershed moment for germany![]() The term Zeitenwende was repeatedly utilized to refer to Germany’s Russia policies, and throughout the symposium, panelists and participants discussed the implications and potential pitfalls of such policy reformulation on the German and European level.Īlready on the eve of the WLK Symposium, former Latvian Minister of Defense Imants Lieģis, now Senior Fellow at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, highlighted aspects of continuity and change in Russia’s foreign policy in his opening speech: On the one hand, the country’s aggression against Ukraine can be understood as the culmination of a process of geopolitical reassertion under Russian President Vladimir Putin since at least 2008, including targeted killings in European Union (EU) countries, disinformation campaigns and hybrid warfare. ![]() Kiep actively contributed, had asked whether Germany’s Russia policies were at a crossroads: While in 2016, the hope for an improvement of relations with Russia prevailed, the panelists of the Fifth WLK Symposium agreed that with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, relations have taken irreparable damage and Europe’s Russia policies will need to be rethought. On June 15 and 16, Global Bridges held its Fifth Walther Leisler Kiep Symposium in Berlin on the topic “The War in Ukraine: Implications for Europe’s Russia Policies.” Already the First Walther Leisler Kiep Symposium half a decade ago, in the organization of which Dr. ![]()
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