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Questions are being belatedly asked — and grudgingly answered — about many aspects of Merkels failed Russia policy, including her decisions to block Ukraines prospective membership of NATO, gut the German military, undermine the transatlantic alliance,

Germany goes wobbly?

In just six weeks since Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a strategic shift for his country, already doubts are emerging about how real and deep it is.

The making of Vladimir Putin

Tracing Putin’s 22-year slide from statesman to tyrant.

As the world enters 2022, we appear to be at a crossroads—with the possibility of greater geopolitical competition or greater global cooperation ahead.

On 21 December 2021, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Andris Pelšs, during his working visit to Germany, met with Dr. Thomas…

During this months election, the candidates didnt say much about geopolitics and Germanys role in the world. That could come back to haunt Berlin in the coming months. A preview of what to expect from Washington, Paris, Brussels, Moscow and Beijing in the months to come.

To engage more confidently with a world that is changing, outward-looking Germans need to shape a progressive new national identity before it is defined by the forces of isolation and exclusion

The 14th Lennart Meri Conference (LMC) was initially planned for May 2020 and then for May 14-16, 2021 in Tallinn, Estonia. The new dates of the LMC 2021 are September 3-5. We have been closely monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and considering whether and how it would be possible to welcome our guests without risk to their health. Unfortunately, now we have reached the conclusion that we need to postpone the conference again. More information about LMC 2021. Until then, you can enjoy the spiri...