In this expert discussion on the European and international security situation, Dr Andreas Umland and our association’s chairman, Andrej Novak, address, among other topics, Russia’s intentions, appeasement, the autocratic CRINK axis comprising Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, and Pyongyang, the strategic importance of Ukraine – including for Germany’s national security – as well as the threat situation facing the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and the Western Balkans.