Yalta 2.0 is crushing Helsinki – Multilateralism upside-down
Yalta 2.0 is crushing Helsinki – Multilateralism upside-down

Author(s): Martin Kreutner
Subject(s): Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Geopolitics
Published by: IFIMES Mednarodni inštitut za bližnjevzhodne in balkanske študije
Keywords: Yalta Act; Helsinki Acz;
Summary/Abstract: The concept of geopolitics has three dimensions: geography, politics, and time(s). These three elements have significantly shaped the division and subsequent order of today’s world particularly through the Yalta Conference, the 80th anniversary of which was commemorated a few weeks back. A second major process culminated 50 years ago in the Helsinki Final Act (and the Helsinki mechanism). For some time now, the world has once again been undergoing a complex metamorphosis, a “Zeitenwende” as it is commonly referred to. It is still often quoted - this Zeitenwende that the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz proclaimed in the PArliament on 27 February 2022 following the Russian Federation's illegal attack on Ukraine. Neither then nor now has this Zeitenwende seemingly been fully understood in its inherent complexity, its multidimensionality, and the range of its consequences. As a kind of teaser for the following observations, it is worth recalling that on 01 March 2025, Elon Musk once again announced that the USA should withdraw from the UN and NATO, respectively.

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