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Expert Mölling: “Leave Russia in the unclear”
Russia plays with the West. This is also to blame for the German “Red Line Discussion,” says political scientist Christian Mölling. A simple change of strategy is necessary.
Russia continues to dictate the rules during the negotiations on the end of the Ukraine secretary. So far, it has not agreed to an armistice, instead increasingly attacks goals in Ukraine.
According to security expert Christian Mölling, Germany is jointly responsible for this. “Playing with uncertainty that Russia has so incredibly well mastered Germany in particular with the red-line discussions at an early stage,” said Mölling, Senior Advisor at the Brussels Thinktank “European Policy Center” in star– “The Location -International”.
Germany to Putin: Don’t worry
Russia, for example, was signaled from Berlin from the delivery of certain weapons systems: “You don’t have to worry about that, we don’t get any weapons that reach to Moscow.” Germany practically “promised” this and Putin also gave the impression that you would also stick to it.
“Leave Russia in the unclear”
According to Mölling, it is “one of the bigger problems” that you got used to being in the “logic of a defense war”. This means: “You shouldn’t get back ahead. What is lost is lost forever. Defense means that you can only defend yourself.”
The constant undertone was that “for God’s will, Russia should not be irritated so that it does not go wrong”. However, the past three years have shown that this appeasement was not efficient.
Mölling: “That brings in the pressure”
The political scientist therefore advises a change of strategy: “To leave Russia in an unclear one where our red lines are, that would be a clever idea.”
At the same time, Mölling warns against becoming too concrete when it comes to announcing consequences: “Set too clearly is dangerous, it brings you in the forced. But just leave it off how to react to things.”
Source: Stern
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