Deutsche Rußlandpolitik: Ende des „Schmusekurses
Doppelte Note du Cerfa, 26 (a) und 26 (b), September 2005, in Kooperation mit dem Programm Russland/GUS
Note du Cerfa, n° 26 (a), septembre 2005 Hannes Adomeit, "Deutsche Rußlandpolitik: Ende des „Schmusekurses?"
Note du Cerfa, n° 26 (b), septembre 2005 Andreï Zagorski, "Russland und Deutschland: Kontinuität und Wandel"
Die Entwicklungen in Putins Russland weg von Democratie und Rechtsstaat haben auch die deutsche Russlandpolitik auf den Prüfstand gestellt. So haben Repräsentanten der Oppositionsparteien CDU/SCU und FDP im Vorfelf der Wahl zum Deutschen Bundestag am 18. September zu arkennen gegeben, dass sie die von Bundeskanzler Schröder gegenüber Russland eingenommene Haltung für verfehlt halten. In den neuen EU-Mitgliedstaaten Ostmitteleuropas wird Deutschland vorgeworfen, es schlage abweichend von der EU einen Sonderweg ein, es strebe ein Sonderverhältnis zu Russlan an. Der vorliegende Artikel geht der Frage nach, ob diese Kritik zutreffend ist und was hinter der von Bundeskanzler Schröder und Präsident Putin immer wieder beschworenen "strategischen Partnerschaft" steckt.
Hannes Adomeit is seit 1997 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Fachmann für Russlandfragen am Forschungsinstutut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit der SWP in Berlin.
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