Spring 2022 Issue: Putin’s War

People cross the Irpin river near a destroyed bridge as they evacuate from Irpin town, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine March 12, 2022.

IPQ 2/2022

In the seventh issue of INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY we are focussing on the consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, ordered by President Vladimir Putin, including Germany's Zeitenwende, or new era in foreign and security affairs.

Editorial

Henning Hoff

Putin’s War

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks a global turning point.

What Europe Thinks ...

Rafael Loss

Gosia Piaskowska

What Europe Thinks ... About Russia

Support for Ukraine is widespread across the European Union, while the thinking about Russia has fundamentally changed.

Cover Section

Stefan Meister

Putin’s Turning Point

Russia's aggressiveness has upended the security order in Europe and the world.

Fiona Hill

“This Is One Man’s War, One Man’s Choice”

In an interview, renowned Russia expert and former US government adviser Fiona Hill analyses the background to Putin's brutal assault on Ukraine.

Olena Prokopenko

Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Future of Global Security

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is the largest security and humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II. Yet the West is not doing nearly enough to discourage Putin’s deadly ambitions.

Andrey Kortunov

Moscow’s Painful Adjustment to the Post-Soviet Space

The real collapse of the Soviet Union is only taking place today.

András Rácz

Russia’s Power Is Increasingly Defined by its Military Might

Once the war in Ukraine ends, Russia will be far less powerful than it was before February 2022.

Berlin Cable

Henning Hoff

Zeitenwende in Slow Motion

One month into the proclaimed new foreign policy era, Germany’s government is struggling to take on board what this requires.

Pariscope

Joseph de Weck

Macron’s Napoléon Problem

The price of French President Emmanuel Macron’s likely historic electoral success will be the uncertainty about what follows when he leaves the scene in five years.

Carbon Critical

Noah J. Gordon

Germany Finally Starts to Turn from Russian Gas

There was no alternative for Germany to buying gas from Vladimir Putin, until there was.

Indo-Pacific Watch

Helena Legarda

Lessons from Ukraine for the Indo-Pacific

China’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows that this war is not just a European crisis. It’s no longer possible to consider Europe and the Indo-Pacific as two separate, siloed theaters.

The Wider View

Luisa Seeling

Erdogan Is Like a Juggler in a Hurricane

The Ukraine war is forcing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reassess his course of maneuvering between Moscow and the West.

Quarterly Concerns

Mikko Huotari

China’s Shadow over Germany’s “New Era”

Even if China’s pro-Moscow stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not set in stone, it cannot be without consequences for Germany’s new China strategy.