Matteo Smerlak

Dr Matteo Smerlak is the head of the Global Peace Dividend Initiative http:www.peace-dividend.org and research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig.

Germany’s response to the war on Ukraine

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On 28 February, Chancellor Scholz announced the creation of a special €100bn fund to support the Bundeswehr. He also committed to raising Germany’s military spending to 2% of its GPD. This is a 35% overnight increase, and he proposed enshrining this figure in the constitution. The decision was applauded by Bundestag members and political commentators

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