The Russian attack on Ukraine has shown that Germany's Russia policy has been based on illusions and ignorance of international and scientific warnings for over two decades. This issue examines the reasons for this strategic error and at the same time follows developments in Ukraine.
- The article "Russia policy in the Merkel era" from Andreas Heinemann-Grüder examines how Germany clung to an illusionary Russia policy despite warnings until the Ukraine war destroyed this stance.
- Frank Umbach criticised in "Strategic errors, mistakes and misconceptions in German energy policy since 2002" Germany's Russia and energy policy over the last two decades, which has led to mistrust in Europe, and calls for consequences for the energy transition.
- In the article "Strategic errors of German foreign policy in retrospect - the years from 1890 to 1914" draws Joachim Krause historical parallels in German politics.
- Stig Förster dedicates his essay "Has it all happened before? The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine in historical perspective" the question of historical parallels to the current war in Ukraine.
- Sean Monaghan deals in "The sword, the shield and the hedgehogs - strengthening deterrence as part of NATO's new Strategic Concept" with the necessary adaptations of NATO to the current situation.
The Brief analysis in the current issue:
- The brief analysis of Kira Frankenthal and Arthur de Liedekerke, "The strategic importance of Belarus in the Ukraine war - internal and external developments"deals with the role of Belarus in the current war.
These contributions are supplemented by the presentation of the results of various international strategic studies and several Book reviews.
Since the beginning of 2022, all articles from SIRIUS have been available online through the Open Access licence About the publisher De Greyter Brill HERE freely available.
