WorldcrunchChristoph B. Schiltz has been working for Die Welt since 1997, first as a business editor, then in the parliamentary office and since 2014 as the German daily’s Brussels correspondent.
He studied economics and political science in Munich and Rome, before starting his career writing about politics and economics at the BILD newspaper.
NATO this week unveiled new plans to massively expand its support for Ukraine. A plan by Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg includes an additional 100 billion euros in military aid to be coordinated by the Alliance — together with weapons delivery and military training. The plan is meant to reverse the momentum in the defensive campaign against Russia. But it carries several major risks.
Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and co. always claim that they will help Ukraine as much as possible. Yet they only ever supply exactly enough weapons to ensure that Russia is not defeated. There is a cynical calculation behind it that is based on an unjustified fear of Putin’s escalation.