The Russia-Europe Conflict

about one country in the very east of Europe, it is about all of Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin has no problem with Ukraine, but with Europe and the pro-European attitude of the majority of people living in Ukraine.

Read more in this article by our guest writer Kati Schneeberger and feel invited to attend our free Webinar: “Putin’s dangerous chess game: Ukraine, Europe and the West under attack” with Kati Schneeberger on 25.02.2022 at 20:30 CET

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Will the economy remove Erdogan from office?

Authoritarian rulers are known for having an ambivalent relationship with reality. If promises do not match actual developments, then discrepancies must be made invisible. The problem is that the longer one denies those discrepancies, the greater they usually become. Too little is done then. It’s hard to fight issues that don’t officially exist. In Turkey, discrepencies can no longer be ignored.

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The logic of sanctions – or: Why gas pipelines won’t decide the Ukraine conflict

Much of the world wants to prevent Putin’s Russia from invading Ukraine. The means of prevention: setting the price, Putin would have to pay, as high as possible. The west has ruled out military means to inflate the price. For a good reason. The costs of a military conflict between Russia on the one hand and Europa and the USA on the other would be immense, not just for Putin.

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