A discussion at the DGAP of new approaches for policy, business, civil society, with the Ukraine crisis in the background
Participants:
Gernot Erler, Rainer Lindner, Joachim Rogall, Fyodor Lukyanov, and Stefan Meister
The Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, in the second of a series of podium discussions marking the establishment of its new Program on Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, brought together distinguished representatives from politics, business, and civil society to debate concrete suggestions for the reorientation of Germany’s Russia and Eastern Europe policy.
Stefan Meister, head of the Robert Bosch Center’s program on Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, started things off by offering his “Theses for a New German Policy toward Russia.” Gernot Erler, Bundestag member and coordinator of German intersocietal cooperation with Russia, Central Asia, and the countries of the Eastern Partnership, highlighted the political components of policy reorientation. Rainer Lindner was present, representing the point of view of German business. Joachim Rogall, head of the Robert Bosch Stiftung, widened the discussion from the perspective of civil society and the work of private foundations. Finally, Fyodor Lukyanov, chairman of presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and editor in chief of the policy journal Russia in Global Affairs, examined the main points of the debate from a Russia perspective.
The discussion was moderated by Gereon Schuch, deputy director of the DGAP and head of the institute’s Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia.
