Russia and the Germans
A Com­pli­cated Affair

The con­sid­er­able break­throughs in the EU-Ukraine eco­nomic agenda have been harmed by slug­gish polit­i­cal devel­op­ment, par­tic­u­larly con­cern­ing the rule of law. The judi­cial reform, anti-cor­rup­­­tion efforts, inde­pen­dent and effi­cient law-enforcement...

  On October 5, 2021, the Center Liberal Moder­nity held the public dis­cus­sion on pri­or­i­ties for coop­er­a­tion with Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova under the Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus project. The discussion...

Europe is suf­fer­ing from high gas prices. At some gas hubs, they increased more than 250% since January, and already have impact on the retail prices for house­holds in many...

In the LibMod Policy Paper: Assess­ment of progress in the fight against cor­rup­tion in the EU-asso­­­ci­ated states of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, our author Dr. Khatia Kikalishvili argues that insufficient...

When Angela Merkel took office as German Chan­cel­lor in 2005, she was better pre­pared for the chal­lenges on the EU’s eastern border than any other West Euro­pean head of government....

In the LibMod-Policy-Paper: Towards a Euro­pean Climate Diplo­macy, Dr. Georg Zach­mann analy­ses the exten­sion of the Euro­pean Green Deal to the three asso­ci­ated states of the EU (Ukraine, Georgia and the...

The reac­tions in Ukraine to Pres­i­dent Volodymyr Zelen­skyy recent visit to the United States vary widely and are often politi­cized. They range from state­ments that the visit lifted rela­tions to...

A year ago protests began against elec­toral fraud in Belarus. Dic­ta­tor Lukashenko responded with a wave of harsh state vio­lence, which led to the country being further iso­lated and sanc­tioned internationally....

The impact of the Biden-Merkel-Agree­­­ment on Nord Stream 2 in Ukraine is simply dis­as­trous. Espe­cially among western ori­ented, reform-minded people trust in Germany and the US fell at a record low. China...