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Better the Kremlin you know: Germany reckons with its Russia problem

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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Is Germany's Decentralized Political Model a Big Part of the Problem?

Germany's decentralized political model and tradition of coalitions plays a big part in its seeming inability to make very quick strategic changes. The post-war political model that was established for Germany by the occupation powers was intended to do exactly that. And it's been very successful. So in a situation that we found ourselves in the sensible scale invasion of Ukraine, I think Germany has politically found it difficult to move at speed.

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