02326nam a22002897a 4500 CY-PaNEU 20230310081717.0 230310t20212021enk b 001 0 eng d CY-PaIMP eng e-gx--- e-ru--- DD120.R8 L68 2021 Lough, John information officer, author 14847 Germany's Russia problem : the struggle for balance in Europe / John Lough Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021 viii, 296 p. ; 23 cm Russian strategy and power Includes bibliographical references and index The weight of history -- The development of German attitudes towards Russia -- The miracle of reunification -- A failure to read Russia correctly -- 2014 : abandonment of illusions -- An unfulfilled economic relationship -- Russian influence in Germany -- The outlook "Germany has the most developed relationship with Russia of any EU country, spanning business, education, politics, culture and sport. But Germany has a Russia problem: its policymakers struggle to accept that Moscow's efforts to rebalance Europe are an attack on Germany's interests. They instinctively shy away from confrontation with Russia. In this bold and original analysis, John Lough explains the scale of the challenge facing Germany as it strives to design policies for managing its relations with a changing Russia. Beginning with an account of how the countries' attitudes to each other were formed over centuries, he explores how German governments from 1991 to 2014 misread Russian intentions and inadvertently supported the emergence of a Russian system hostile to German interests, until Angela Merkel sharply recalibrated German and EU policy. He concludes by considering how Germany can respond to the problems posed by an increasingly isolationist Russia and how its allies can help it temper its instincts." -- From the book cover European Union accession 14849 Balance of power 14850 Germany Foreign relations Russia (Federation) 14851 Russia (Federation) Foreign relations Germany Germany 14852 ebook version : 9781526151490 Russian strategy and power 14848 BK 6965 6965 0 0 lcc 0 0 CY-PaNEU CY-PaNEU 2023-03-10 0 DD120.R8 L68 2021 3011935 2023-03-10 00:00:00 1 2023-03-10 BK