Biomethane is an important element on the path to climate neutrality — thus the demand is great in Germany. This paper describes the potential that lies in the German-Ukrainian biomethane coop­er­a­tion — and how existing hurdles can be overcome.

Gershon Baskin is one of the leading voices on the Middle East peace process and one of the few Israelis with direct contact to Hamas. For almost two decades, he was in contact with Ghazi Hamad, one of organisation’s senior political leaders. In this interview, Baskin provides insights into Hamas’ ideology, its often presumed will­ing­ness to sign ceasefire agree­ments and into ways to combat the organization’s cult of death.

A conver­sa­tion between Kerstin Müller, former Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, and Iran specialist Kasra Aarabi about 7 October, Iran as a sponsor of terrorist orga­ni­za­tions in the Middle East, coop­er­a­tion with Russia and the special role of the Iranian Revo­lu­tionary Guards. The EU should classify them as a terrorist organization.

Russia’s war of aggres­sion against Ukraine and its attempt to destroy Europe’s post-Cold War security order have triggered a series of crises that consti­tute the continent’s most severe upheavals in more...

It is remark­able that Ukraine is making progress in imple­menting 7 EU Commis­sion prior­i­ties despite Russia’s ongoing war of aggres­sion. In his policy brief, Leonid Litra empha­sises why the EU enlarge­ment and deepening process should take place simul­ta­ne­ously and argues why the EU should start accession nego­ti­a­tions with Ukraine this year.

On the 8th of November the European Commis­sion will for the first time ever present an enlarge­ment report with recom­men­da­tions on Georgia. A few weeks later, the European Council will take a political decision on whether Georgia will be granted candidate status or will have to wait until autumn 2024. In his policy brief, Ivane Chkhik­vadze analyses the current state of EU reforms and makes concrete recom­men­da­tions for action.

The Moldovan expert, Denis Cenusa, analyses in his polcy brief that the Republic of Moldova has made progress in imple­menting the 9 prior­i­ties of the EU Commis­sion, but also points out the obstacles and short­com­ings, espe­cially in the area of the judiciary and the fight against corrup­tion. Never­the­less, he recom­mends that, given the geopo­lit­ical and strategic reasons, the EU should start accession nego­ti­a­tions with Ukraine and Moldova as well as with Georgia in December 2023.

How have relations between Ukraine and the EU developed one and a half years after Ukraine was granted the EU candidate country status? What are the prospects for 2024? A policy paper by Miriam Kosmehl, Iryna Solonenko, Susan Stewart, Liubov Akulenko, Piotr Buras and Snizhana Diachenko.

On 11 October 2023, an inter­na­tional confer­ence organised by the Centre for Liberal Modernity shed light on the signif­i­cance of the Russian war of aggres­sion for Europe. What can we do to ensure that a free and united Ukraine emerges from the war? How can war criminals be held account­able? How do we shape the European security order of the future?