German vision of Russia’s position in the multipolar world

Abstract

There is a common belief that German society and elites’ attitude to Russia
differs from the Polish one. It is not the full truth because, as a result of
Russia’s policy, the attitude towards Russia has become much more critical in
Germany of the 21st century than it was before. However, Germany carries
out a more global policy than Poland, thus, because of the importance of Germany
and Russia in Poland’s policy, there is an important question what the
German vision of Russia’s position in the just developing multipolar world
is. The question is even more important as Germany, the strongest state in
Europe, stabilising the euro zone, has evident problems with defining its
own role on the international arena and overcoming a one-sided geopolitical
perception of the world.