Bilateral Relations Through Conflict And Cooperation: German’s Dilemma Over Russia
Journal: Jurnal PIR Power in International Relations
Year: 2022

&lt;p&gt;Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis and the implementation of the EU sanctions regime against Russia, Germany took up a leading role in the coordination of the EU’s Russia policy. This policy shift appeared to be a drastic departure from the traditional German &lt;em&gt;Ostpolitik&lt;/em&gt; paradigm. Central to this analysis is the concept of geo-economics, which can be broadly defined as the “geostrategic use of economic power”. This article aims to examine how geo-economics infl