Security is a two-way street, and security in Europe is not possible without security for Russia, Jeffrey Sachs says in an open letter to German Chancellor Merz, published Dec. 17 in the Berliner Zeitung.
Sachs argues that Germany’s approach to European security is veering toward “selective memory” and a permanent posture of confrontation with Russia.
“European security is indivisible. That principle means that no country can strengthen its security at the expense of another’s without provoking instability,” he says, adding that Germany once understood this and now needs to stop “speaking as if war is inevitable or virtuous.
