News Archive

Salome Zourabichvili, the newly elected president of Georgia, addressed in Berlin the domestic political situation in Georgia. Moreover, the discussion focused on Georgia’s relations with neighbouring countries such as Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan and the future of the Eastern Partnership.

Despite President Trump’s continuous critique of NATO, most members of his own administration are staunch advocates of the Alliance. Congressional members across both parties and chambers are working towards strengthening NATO. Read the comment on FAZ.net by Naz Durakoğlu, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor at the US Senate and Munich Young Leader 2019.

Gao Yunlong, Vice-Chairman of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the China Foundation for Peace and Development, discussed in Berlin current challenges and opportunities of economic cooperation and the consequences of the trade dispute between China and the USA.

Great Britain and the EU will remain strong allies, even after Brexit. But a Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the EU that would compete with NATO, would weaken European security. Read on FAZ.net the comment of Alan Mak, Member of the UK parliament (House of Commons) and Munich Young Leader 2019.