Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Judy Dempsey: Germany is Europe’s new front line
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a speech during her conservative Christian Democratic Union's (CDU) party congress in Cologne, western Germany, on December 9, 2014.
Germany is now undisputedly on the front line in the conflict between the EU and Russia over Ukraine. This is a new situation that has immense implications for the EU's future policy toward Russia and, especially, toward Eastern Europe. The line is making it more difficult for Russia to play EU member states off against each other. But it also obliges European leaders to set out a new strategy for Russia and Eastern Europe. Germany holds the key to both.
