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The symbiotic relationship between power and state-dominated business is fundamental to Vladimir Putin’s Russia. While the loyalty of administrative elites to the regime is achieved in exchange for rent-seeking opportunities, many elites are also involved in criminal cases, corruption, and nepotism. This event presents two fresh reports on the topic.

Poland and Germany share an interest in a strong transatlantic security architecture. The deteriorating situation to NATO’s east has produced different opinions about how to deal with Russia, however. The recent elections in Poland have further complicated German-Polish relations. Considering the recent study “Transatlantic Relations After the Russia-Ukraine Conflict” by the Warsaw-based Institute of Public Affairs, guests sat down to discuss German-Polish relations in the transatlantic context.

Polen und Deutschland haben ein gemeinsames Interesse an einer starken transatlantischen Sicherheitsarchitektur. Allerdings sind unterschiedliche Schwerpunktsetzungen in Berlin und Warschau hinsichtlich des Umgangs mit der prekären Sicherheitslage an der NATO-Ostflanke erkennbar. Nach den Wahlen in Polen kommen zudem neue Herausforderungen auf die deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen zu. Vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen Studie „Transatlantic Relations After the Russia-Ukraine Conflict“ des Warschauer Institute of Public Affairs (ISP) fand in der DGAP ein Runder Tisch zum Thema der deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen im transatlantischen Kontext statt.