Russia and the West
Do We Need a New Ost­poli­tik?

Tra­di­tional oppo­si­tion parties and move­ments has long seized to be a polit­i­cally mean­ing­ful force in Belarus. It is time for Western deci­­­sion-makers to finally admit this unpleas­ant reality and shift its...

Ahead to the Past – The World in the Mind of Putin

This aim of LibMod’s “Liberal Democ­racy and Its Adver­saries” project is to examine the “long lines” of antilib­eral thought and discuss its rel­e­vance for the debate of today. The project’s...

Eco-inno­­­va­­­tions, eco­nomic oppor­tu­ni­ties and social par­tic­i­pa­tion in times of climate change are the sub­jects of this book, edited by Ralf Fücks and Thomas Köhler, in which widely acclaimed authors discuss...

The Russian Gov­ern­ment is trying to get access to the inter­net – perhaps the most impor­tant refuge for freedom of speech. Cyber­space is increas­ingly restricted through state cen­sor­ship: state pres­sure...

An intro­duc­tion to our report and a summary of our results.

Ukraine is under­go­ing pro­found trans­for­ma­tion. One click will take you to the website www.ukraineverstehen.de, where you will find infor­ma­tion, analy­ses and reports on the latest devel­op­ments in the country. With...

An Open Letter to the Par­lia­men­tary Assem­bly of the Council of Europe: Please don’t deprive your­self of the right to impose sanc­tions on member states that are vio­lat­ing the statutes...

Fly less! Eat less meat! In the strug­gle against climate change, there is one thing in par­tic­u­lar we should do: mod­er­ate our lifestyles. Indi­vid­ual respon­si­bil­ity def­i­nitely matters. Will renun­ci­a­tion and...