01.03.2019, Frankfurt am Main.
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who proclaimed himself the president of the country, is weak and has no support, Andreas Ross, the author of the article The end to the planned revolution said in the German Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper on February 28th. Contine reading
14.02.2019, Munich.
The citizens of France and Germany do not agree with their governments’ policy towards the Ukrainian crisis, a poll conducted by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) – Foundation for Social Democracy showed, a correspondent of the Rossa Primavera News Agency reports on February 13. Contine reading
28.01.2019, Bremen.
The exhibition by Leonid Galkin, a painter from the city of Nizhny Novgorod, took place on January 26 in the Bremen Civic Center, a Rossa Primavera News Agency correspondent reports. The event was organized with the support of Essence of Time movement. Contine reading
24.10.2018, Berlin.
The ruling SPD party’s representative on foreign policy at the German Foreign Ministry, Niels Annen, wrote in his Twitter account on October 21 that Russia must strictly follow its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty despite President Trump’s unilateral decision to withdraw from it. Contine reading
19.09.2018, Warsaw.
The changes happening in the world, which are fueled by the exponential growth of technology, lead to a constant increase of complexity. And the more complex the world becomes, the more important the role of national security becomes, since it alleviates fear among the general population, and it provides a framework to achieve long-term goals. In such situations, fostering a sense of security among the general population cannot just be reduced to having a strong military or a robust government. In fact, the rise of right-wing populism despite a situation of economic growth, in Germany or Austria for example, shows that having a stable economy and government is not nearly enough. Culture itself becomes a political factor. The cultural environment not only shapes “the incentives for different kinds of state behavior but also the basic character of states – state ‘identity’” (Katzenstein 1996). Hence the analysis of the cultural environment becomes increasingly important in defining national security. This is even more pressing during our times of global uncertainty and increasing global instability. Contine reading
