31 – Turning Point – from Germany’s Reactive Zeitenwende to Proactive Strategic Change in Europe?
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In this final regular episode of season 2 – partly recorded on the margins of the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn – Ben and Aaron first chat with a pan-European panel on how to implement the strategic change Europe needs – and back it up with appropriate mindsets, threat perceptions, resources and ‘Teampower’. Then, BerlinsideOut hears remarks from Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas – who spoke with international media during a briefing on the sidelines of the Lennart Meri Conference.
Guests:
- Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia – remarks given at a briefing for international media held on 17 May, 2024 at Stenbock House, Tallinn (@kajakallas)
- Benjamin Haddad, Member of French Assembly (@benjaminhaddad)
- Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary-General, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (@vseviov)
- Sabine Fischer, Senior Fellow, Eastern Europe and Eurasia Programme, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (@sabfis3)
Resources:
- When it comes to shaping history, it's the results that matter, Jonatan Vseviov, TEDxTallinn
- Estonian MFA official: Putin trying to entrap countries under peace guise, ERR featuring comment by Jonatan Vseviov
- Its time for a European Defence Fund for Ukraine, Benjamin Haddad, Politico (2023)
- Die chauvinistische Bedrohung (in German), Book by Sabine Fischer
- Diplomacy in the Context of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Sabine Fischer, SWP Comment
- Letter: Forget half-measures, G7 must confiscate frozen Russian assets, Letter to Financial Times by Michael Roth, Benjamin Haddad, and others
- To have a Sporting Chance of Victory, Europeans Should Learn from Elite Teams, Benjamin Tallis, Diplomaatia
- Estonia’s Kallas, fierce Russia critic, tipped as new EU foreign policy chief, Reuters
- Europe’s Iron Lady: Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas, Jeremy Cliffe, The New Statesman
- Germany Needs to Finish the Job – and Think Bigger, Benjamin Tallis, Action Group Zeitenwende, DGAP Commentary
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