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31 – Turning Point – from Germany’s Reactive Zeitenwende to Proactive Strategic Change in Europe?

31 – Turning Point – from Germany’s Reactive Zeitenwende to Proactive Strategic Change in Europe?

Update: 2024-06-20

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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

This podcast is an original production of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It was created as part of DGAP's Action Group Zeitenwende.

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Aaron Gasch Burnett

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31 – Turning Point – from Germany’s Reactive Zeitenwende to Proactive Strategic Change in Europe?

31 – Turning Point – from Germany’s Reactive Zeitenwende to Proactive Strategic Change in Europe?

Benjamin Tallis, Aaron Gasch Burnett