Is this comparative advantage as in Germany buying most of its energy from a rogue state such as Russia and then getting fucked? That comparative advantage?
The TL:DR was to use cheap Russian gas to fuel the energy transition and at the same time use the economical ties to bring Russia aligned politically to the western Europe. Ostpolitik worked to unify west and east Germany so why wouldn’t it work to align a post-soviet Russia?
No. No it would not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_advantage
Eli5?
Is this comparative advantage as in Germany buying most of its energy from a rogue state such as Russia and then getting fucked? That comparative advantage?
No that was called Energiewende and Ostpolitik
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energiewende#:~:text=Russian fossil gas was perceived,through mutually beneficial trade relations.
https://dgap.org/en/research/publications/after-ostpolitik
The TL:DR was to use cheap Russian gas to fuel the energy transition and at the same time use the economical ties to bring Russia aligned politically to the western Europe. Ostpolitik worked to unify west and east Germany so why wouldn’t it work to align a post-soviet Russia?
Here’s why it failed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iUohhHdvoE&t=0