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Germany's attempts to stabilize Mali ended in a debacle. Regardless, it is sensible for Germany and other European states not to withdraw from Africa, leaving the field to China and Russia, writes Rainer Tetzlaff in today’s Opinion.
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Die deutschen Versuche, Mali zu stabilisieren, endeten in einem Debakel. Ungeachtet dessen ist es vernünftig, wenn sich Deutschland und andere europäische Staaten nicht aus Afrika zurückziehen und damit China und Russland das Feld überlassen, meint Rainer Tetzlaff im Standpunkt.
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China is holding its own summit with five Central Asian states at the same time as the G7 meeting in Japan. Xi Jinping wants to unequivocally show that not just the West is calling the shots. He degrades Russia to an accessory to his strategy regarding ex-Soviet states.
Von Jörn Petring