DW Berlin Briefing - Inside German politics
Oct 14, 2026 · 21 min · 9 segments
From the Warsaw Security Forum, Nina Haase and Alexandra von Nahmen speak with Robert Habeck on Russia, the Arctic’s strategic role and democratic resilience.
Robert HabeckGuest
Nina HaaseHostAlexandra von NahmenHost
Of course, the biggest threat is that Russia, Trump's US and China would combine their forces, using them against the European Union or the very idea of liberal democracy and freedom.
It's hovering over this conference as well, but nobody's speaking it out loud, actually.
And a desperate dictator might do, we would say, stupid things, but he might do incredibly aggressive things just to...
I don't know, create another news or give his country hope or convince himself that he has still some military potential.
So therefore, I would say because of the weakness or the being stuck at the Ukrainian front, Russia is really dangerous right now.
And we have to remember that, of course, Russia has started this war, persuading this war on our doorsteps.
with the whole of Europe and that's why they need to defend themselves to kind of remain a sovereign country.
And of course this is a narrative that needs to stand and the situation is difficult in the country.
And we cannot exclude that there will be an incident and then we'll test us indeed.
Of course, the biggest threat is that Russia, Trump's US and China would combine their forces, using them against the European Union or the very idea of liberal democracy and freedom.
It's hovering over this conference as well, but nobody's speaking it out loud, actually.
And a desperate dictator might do, we would say, stupid things, but he might do incredibly aggressive things just to...
I don't know, create another news or give his country hope or convince himself that he has still some military potential.
So therefore, I would say because of the weakness or the being stuck at the Ukrainian front, Russia is really dangerous right now.
And we have to remember that, of course, Russia has started this war, persuading this war on our doorsteps.
with the whole of Europe and that's why they need to defend themselves to kind of remain a sovereign country.
And of course this is a narrative that needs to stand and the situation is difficult in the country.
And we cannot exclude that there will be an incident and then we'll test us indeed.
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