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More than any other European state, Germany is responsible for developing and implementing the European Union’s (EU’s) policy toward Russia. Berlin needs to accept this responsibility, assume leadership, and develop a Russia policy fit for the twenty-first century. To succeed,...
... Asia-Pacific region has marked an important change in the world balance of power. To withstand competition with China for influence in the region, the United States needs the support of allies, especially of such developed and economically strong countries as Germany. It appears that the U.S. will actively seek to involve Germany in its rivalry with China, given the country’s strong economic, financial and political ties with states in the region. The Asia-Pacific Region in Germany's New Foreign Policy ...
Nowadays we are witnessing the relations between Germany and Russia being revised. Does the partnership idea work for purposes of modernization? Will Russia indeed be shifting towards Asia Pacific? Is there any margin left for growth in Russian-German relations? The project, “Russian-German Relations ...
... the 2009 Bundestag elections [3] . The party made steady progress and in 2011-2012 managed to break the five-percent threshold at the Landtag elections in four federal Länder. However, in fall 2012, their popularity took a downward turn across Germany, largely due to a series of intra-party scandals that some have explained as the new party’s “growing pains.” In January 2013, the Pirates got just two percent of the vote in the Lower Saxony elections [4] , with their Germany-wide ...
... number) arrives at their decisions right before voting. The intermediate achievements of the leading German parties on the eve of the final election appear relatively modest. One. No party has presented a platform that outlines an integrated vision for Germany's medium-term development within the changing environment or that suggests a way forward to improve the model of the country’s socially-oriented economy [1] . Wary of losing votes, the parties have been cautious and have aimed their platforms ...
... restoration of the French-German tandem, which had defined the direction and velocity of the integration process, but visibly weakened during the EU's eastward expansion. The duo's might became obvious at the EU Paris summit in August 2011, when France and Germany managed to work out a common line and offer the other 15 Eurozone countries a stabilization program. In essence, the issue was the so-called "economic government", headed by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and intended ...
... sociologists, economists and other scholars. Developed by American strategists to maintain and fortify U.S. competitive advantages in politics and economy, the concept has been taken up by many countries, since it often brings excellent results at low cost. Germany has long since come to realize the importance and capabilities of this tool and is working hard to promote German language and culture overseas. To fulfil this objective, many government and private institutions have been set up, the most potent ...
... separation” lay somewhere in the former Soviet Union, from which almost 2 million Jews emigrated. Today 12 percent of the world’s Jewish population are former Soviet citizens or their descendants who chose to settle primarily in Israel, Germany or the United States. What are the factors that allow a nation with less than 65 years of history to promote a unity of political and religious beliefs both inside and outside their country, and to keep on expanding their influence in the world,...
... crisis and open the opportunities for them to implement the necessary reformative measures the results of which will be seen by us only over several years. Much depends on further improvement of the supranational regulation mechanisms as well as on Germany on whose economic potential the financial mechanisms created are based. Introduction of the common European currency in the late 1990s within the framework of the economic spaces of eleven EU countries – the members of the Economic and Monetary ...
German experience in repatriation of compatriots According to the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, German back-settlers from Russia got the legal status of citizens, acquired the whole totality of rights and civil liberties, including the right for social security, the right for recognition of labor and professional qualifications, the right ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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