The Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius in November 2013 demonstrated that the European Union’s policy toward its eastern neighbors has developed into a highly contentious issue between the EU and Russia.

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Relations between Germany, France and Turkey have been strictly bilateral for a long time, with varying intensity, styles and areas of cooperation. The European perspective that is now part of these relations has introduced a three-way dynamic.
The relationship between Germany and Russia, according to official portrayals in Berlin, is one of ‘strategic partnership’ supplemented by ‘modernisation partnership’. The closeness and at times demonstrative cordiality of the relations have given rise to suspicion about Germany being an...
Since the beginning of 2010, German authorities have become conscious of the fact that they cannot continue to maintain the Bundeswehr’s involvement in Afghanistan with a majority of the German population opposing it. It is clearly understood that the federal government and the Bundestag will...
The author focuses on the increasing interest of Germany for the African continent since 2000. A German pragmatic policy, initiated by the United Nations and encouraged by the improvement of the African economic structures, succeeds to a political disinterest after the Cold War. Then, J....
Doppelte Note du Cerfa, 26 (a) und 26 (b), September 2005, in Kooperation mit dem Programm Russland/GUS
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Double Note du Cerfa, in cooperation with the Programm Russia/NEI
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The developments in Putin’s Russia away from democracy and the constitutional state have also placed Germany’s policy on Russia under scrutiny. In the run-up to the election to the Bundestag on September 18th, representatives of the opposition parties CDU/CSU and FDP have thus made it clear...
The birth of a ' Germano-Polish community of interests ' in Europe implies overcoming new challenges, whether it be in the form of historical debates, especially concerning the 'center against compulsions' or international security (war in Iraq, transatlantic relations) and European politics ...
The relations between Germany and the United States of America are facing one of the gravest crises in decades.