A long time ago I read Marshal Zhukov's memoirs in the Moscow metro. An old Russian guy approched me and asked if I understood the book. I shrugged. He said: "Every state fights with the resources it has. Russia's resource are the people." Then he turned away. He taught me a lesson.
Putin has taken us back all the way to Yeltsin in 1999. With a war he cannot win, rumours about his health, losing his grip on power.
My latest piece for „Strategic Europe“ @Carnegie Europe on how in the midst of several wars Europe/the EU cannot afford a wait-and-see attitude towards US position on Ukraine aid t.co/NbvcTQjsRI
War in the Middle East and U.S. domestic politics risk weakening Western support to Ukraine. The EU must remember the stakes in Russia’s war and be ready to step up.
The pogrom in Makhatshkala is yet another sign of the inherent instability in Putin's Russia. Civil order of any kind is quickly eroding. Remember Prigozhin. Dictatorships rest on a fragile chain of command that can collapse at any point.
Unter Merkel unser bester Freund, zusammen mit Putin und den Chinesen. Da kommen wir her.
www.n-tv.de/mediathek/vi... Für die Enthaltung Deutschlands bei der VN-Resolution haben weder Baerbock noch Scholz ein nachvollziehbares Argument genannt. Sie sagen nicht, warum Deutschland sich enthielt. Was man sieht: Hier gab es keine diplomatische Unterstützung für Israel aus Deutschland.
Während israelische Bodentruppen weiter im Gazastreifen vorrücken, laufen internationale Bemühungen, die Zivilbevölkerung vor Ort zu schützen. Politikwissenschaftler Thomas Jäger ordnet im ntv-I...
When? When Putin opted for etnic hatred to stabilize power. Early on. For a long time he tried to balance it bc he was interested in a stable relationship with Israel. Why? Well,he came from an antisemite culture, worked for a antisemite organization (KGB) and glorified antisemite times (tsarism).
Putin had long ago decided to revive state-sponsored antisemitism in Russia. Now he - like his predecessors, the Tsars - will find out that it is hard to ride that tiger.
Die Kombination von Anti-Modernen Elementen (gegen Autos, Technik, Fliegen, Individualismus usw) und Antisemitismus ist ja ein Klassiker.