According to former Financial Times’ journalist, Wolfgang Münchau, Germany’s economy would be Kaput.
How could that be? After all, Germany has long been a world champion in manufacturing, especially for motor vehicles, chemicals, and machine equipment, and Europe’s leading economy.
“Speicherstadt” District in Hamburg, Germany.
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While the West has greatly assisted Ukraine against Russia’s aggression, China has substantially supported Russia despite China’s professed strong attachment to the principle of national sovereignty. How can we understand the China/Russia axis? How solid is this partnership? What does the future hold?
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany is abandoning its intimate relationship with Russia. But when peace eventually returns, Germany may find it difficult to resist returning to the embrace of Russian friendship.
