Episode 65: Relations with Russia. To engage or not engage?

*** Support this podcast! Become a Patron here: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/talkeasterneurope" rel="noopener">www.patreon.com/talkeasterneurope</a><br /><br />This episode of Talk Eastern Europe features a discussion with Reinhard Krumm, the founder and director of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung’s Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe, he was previously a journalist who spent a lot of time in Russia and the post-Soviet space; and was the Moscow correspondent for Der Spiegel.<br /><br />In the episode Adam and Reinhard discuss dilemmas in German-Russian relations, the EU’s approach to Russia, following the visit of Josep Borell to Moscow, and how Germany’s Ostpolitik look’s like from today’s perspective.<br /><br />*** Check out a special 5-episode mini-series looking at issues in Eastern Europe from a German and Polish perspective:<br />- You can listen to the English version here: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/polish-german-perspectives-on-the-east" rel="noopener">https://www.spreaker.com/show/polish-german-perspectives-on-the-east</a> <br />- Or in Polish here: <a href="https://nowa-europa-wschodnia.simplecast.com/episodes" rel="noopener">https://nowa-europa-wschodnia.simplecast.com/episodes</a><br /><br />Resources<br />Read a special report titled: „Ost/Wschód: Germany, Poland and Eastern Europe. Current state of affairs, scenarios and recommendations” - <a href="http://www.kew.org.pl/ostwschod-final-report/" rel="noopener">http://www.kew.org.pl/ostwschod-final-report/</a><br /><br />Join us on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Groups/TalkEasternEurope" rel="noopener">www.facebook.com/Groups/TalkEasternEurope</a> <br /><br />>>> Help New Eastern Europe – buy our latest issue debating the current state of democracy in the region here: <a href="https://bit.ly/3oMbKpd" rel="noopener">https://bit.ly/3oMbKpd</a>