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The Center for Liberal Moder­nity invites you to a hybrid round­table on the future of the Russian economy after the war in Ukraine on 31 May at 5 pm.

The Ukrain­ian TV channel “1plus1” broad­casted live on May 8th from Berlin. During the inter­view with Marieluise Beck one of the topics was the role of NATO in the war...

After the Bundestag’s deci­sion to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine, a con­tro­ver­sial debate has flared up about Germany’s atti­tude towards the Russian war of aggres­sion against Ukraine.  The sig­na­to­ries call on Chan­cel­lor Olaf Scholz and the German gov­ern­ment to ...

Russia’s war of aggres­sion against Ukraine is a turning point for Europe and the whole world. What are its policy impli­ca­tions? Are the sanc­tions imposed so far suf­fi­cient to contain the...

More than 80 schol­ars, politi­cians, busi­ness­peo­ple and civil society rep­re­sen­ta­tives have signed an appeal to the German gov­ern­ment to stop oil and gas imports from Russia. Remark­ably, the coali­tion of...

Moldova, a country in the heart of Europe, its current lead­er­ship and first and fore­most its people, opened not only its borders but also their homes for the suf­fer­ing neigh­bours. The...

On 22 March, at 2 pm, the Center for Liberal Moder­nity in coop­er­a­tion with Naftogaz Ukraine and the Ukrain­ian Fed­er­a­tion of Employ­ers of the Oil and Gas Indus­try invites you to...

Based on six cri­te­ria of the United Nations Con­ven­tion against Geno­cide, Russia is com­mit­ting geno­cide in Mar­i­upol, says Inter­na­tional law expert Otto Luchterhandt.

How should we deal with a repres­sive and con­fronta­tional Russia? Join our annual dis­cus­sion “Russia and the West” on 24 March, which will be held jointly with the Munich Secu­rity Conference...

Polit­i­cal sci­en­tist Olek­san­dra Keudel warns of Euro­pean and global con­se­quences in the case of Russian attacks on Ukrain­ian nuclear power plants.

Ukraine has a high poten­tial for the pro­duc­tion of “green” hydro­gen. DiXi Group’s info­graphic explains what con­di­tions must be met for hydro­gen export.

After failing to agree on exclu­sive spheres of influ­ence in Europe with the Trump admin­is­tra­tion, the Kremlin is chal­leng­ing Washington’s ability to keep unity among Euro-Atlantic allies and protect European...

Finally: Here are the Insights and High­lights of our Inter­na­tional Con­fer­ence “Rethink­ing Lib­er­al­ism, Renew­ing Democracy”!

As 2021 draws to a close, we look back on this year’s impor­tant events. Among them is the Crimea Plat­form, which was launched in August at Ukraine’s ini­tia­tive to shore up...

On 22 October, the foun­da­tion stone for a new memo­r­ial to the 1941 mas­sacre was laid in Odesa. The future memo­r­ial is the result of an ini­tia­tive of the Centre for...

  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...

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...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are pub­lish­ing a second series of input papers on the topic of Per­spec­tives and Pri­or­i­ties Euro­pean Green Deal (EGD) in Ukraine, Georgia...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are pub­lish­ing a second series of input papers on the topic of Per­spec­tives and Pri­or­i­ties Euro­pean Green Deal (EGD) in Ukraine, Georgia...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are pub­lish­ing a second series of input papers on the topic of Per­spec­tives and Pri­or­i­ties Euro­pean Green Deal (EGD) in Ukraine, Georgia...

An answer to Wladimir Putin’s fine tuned op-ed in the German weekly Die Zeit by Ralf Fücks, Center for Liberal Modernity.

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are pub­lish­ing a first series of input papers on the topic of anti-cor­rup­­tion reforms in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. The authors from...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are pub­lish­ing a first series of input papers on the topic of anti-cor­rup­­tion reforms in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. The authors from...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are pub­lish­ing a first series of input papers on the topic of anti-cor­rup­­tion reforms in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. The authors from...

When? June 23rd, 10am — 5.30pm (CEST) Where? Digital via Zoom and anal­o­gous in Berlin if pos­si­ble (reg­is­tra­tion required) The world is chang­ing rapidly. Dig­i­tal­iza­tion, the con­ver­sion towards a climate neutral economy, the corona...

Climate change and its con­se­quences are viewed dif­fer­ently in Russia than is the case in the West. The issue is under­stood as “part of a polit­i­cal game”. This dif­fer­ence in outlook has ram­i­fi­ca­tions for both polit­i­cal and eco­nomic coop­er­a­tion. The inter­view study “Russian Experts’ Opin­ions on Global Climate Change”, con­ducted by Russia’s Levada-Center and com­mis­sioned by the Center for Liberal Moder­nity, affords in-depth insight into the Russian elites’ per­spec­tive on climate change and its soci­etal and eco­nomic consequences.

In late March 2021 Ukrain­ian Pres­i­dent Volodymyr Zelen­sky revoked a decree made by runaway pres­i­dent Viktor Yanukovych appoint­ing Olek­sandr Tupyt­sky and Olek­sandr Kas­minin to the Con­sti­tu­tional Court. This raised eye­brows in...

The ana­lyt­i­cal paper “Invest­ment plans of the EU: oppor­tu­ni­ties for Ukraine in the area of the Euro­pean Green Deal imple­men­ta­tion” iden­ti­fies the most impor­tant spheres of involve­ment for the Ukrainian...

The Roadmap „Towards Climate-Neutral Avi­a­tion“ by Ralf Fücks (Zentrum Libe­rale Moderne), Mat­thias von Randow (Chief Exe­cu­tive of the BDL) and Volker Thum (Chief Exe­cu­tive of the BDLI) sum­ma­ri­zes the results...

Liberal democ­racy has come under pres­sure from various quar­ters: from the outside by author­i­tar­ian regimes, from within by pop­ulist move­ments and parties. In this dossier, we want to combine ideas of a new liberalism.

Wednes­day October 14. 7 pm‑8.30 pm – via Zoom

Online-Panel Dis­cus­sion on October 6, 2020, with Gunther Krich­baum, Johannes Schraps, Renata Alt, Manuel Sar­razin und others.

Lessons learned from Covid-19: Ralf Fuecks dis­cusses with Anthony Giddens

Panel and online dis­cus­sion with Marie­luise Beck, Vla­di­mir Kara-Murza und Michael McFaul on 9 Sep­tem­ber 2020, 7 pm CET

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” we publish a series of arti­cles about the three EU asso­ci­a­tion states (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova). Three authors from the region (Paata Gaprindashvili, Mariam...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” we publish a series of arti­cles about the three EU asso­ci­a­tion states (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova). Three authors from the region (Paata Gaprindashvili, Mariam...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” we publish a series of arti­cles about the three EU asso­ci­a­tion states (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova). Three authors from the region (Paata Gaprindashvili, Mariam...

With its “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” project, LibMod is bring­ing per­spec­tives from Georgia, Moldova and the Ukraine to Berlin’s and Brus­sels’ policy circles.

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 a dedicated...

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...

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...

An inter­view with Dr. Ulana Suprun, former acting min­is­ter of Health of Ukraine (2016–2019) on the government’s response to COVID-19, includ­ing an erratic com­mu­ni­ca­tion strat­egy, a lack of trans­parency and corruption...

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...

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...

With the annex­a­tion of Crimea and the unde­clared war in Eastern Ukraine, the Russian lead­er­ship gravely vio­lates the prin­ci­ples of the Euro­pean peace order. In response, the Par­lia­men­tary Assem­bly of...

The EU as we knew it does not exist anymore. This is Ivan Krastev’s point of depar­ture. The opti­mistic belief in the idea of progress that was widely held during...

What’s the Center for Liberal Moder­nity is about.

About the motives for found­ing a Center for Liberal Modernity.