Residential building in Mariupol, Ukraine, after Russian tank shelling on March 11
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We now live in a multipolar world. Putin is trying to use force to change the rules of the game. High time for Germany and Europe to look for new allies.
Et is not so long ago, about twenty years, that many German politicians, especially those on the left, wanted a multipolar world. That’s where we live now. It cannot be said to be a better life than in the world where the United States (and the West as a whole) ruled. At least that applies to Europe. The continent is experiencing a massive imperialist war of aggression, rearmament is taking place, and Germany’s energy security is gone. The stability that has characterized Europe over the past few decades is in jeopardy. An old scourge of the continent is returning: power politics.
It can be argued for a long time whether Putin really gets the historical moment right. Russia may be stronger today than when the president took office. But an army alone is not enough to become a great power. Russia has an emerging economy. From an economic point of view, a country with the strength of Brazil or South Korea is currently taking on the united West. He’s far superior to him.