Chan­cellor Scholz Must Change Course and Support Ukraine to Win

Despite Chan­cellor Scholz’ Zeit­en­wende, Germany’s actions since the Russian invasion of Ukraine have been dominated by hesitancy. The govern­ment often acts only when the situation on the battle­field is dramatic – or waits for decisions from Wash­ington. Berlin seemingly hopes for an eventual ceasefire. But this only raises the threat of an “eternal provi­sional arrange­ment”, similar to the Cold War-era division of Germany, writes Nico Lange.

While Russia is preparing for a long war, the West remains hesitant and divided. At this year’s confer­ence Russia and the West, partic­i­pants urgently called for a new European policy versus Moscow....

Germany’s foot-dragging over military aid to Ukraine and the half-hearted imple­men­ta­tion of Chan­cellor Scholz’ Zeit­en­wende were subjected to sharp criticism at the Center for Liberal Modernity’s recent public discus­sion “Russia...