EU research has shown that a cred­i­ble mem­ber­ship per­spec­tive is an effec­tive means of anchor­ing liberal democ­racy from the outside. That is why Ukraine must now be granted can­di­date status.

Just a day after the first videos of the Bucha mas­sacre were posted to social media, on 3 April 2022, Hungary’s FIDESZ-Chris­t­ian Demo­c­ra­tic alliance won its fourth con­sec­u­tive land­slide victory with 54,10%,...

Russia’s inva­sion of Ukraine is reach­ing a per­ilous stage. The West needs to step up efforts to make Putin’s war unwinnable. Con­ces­sions will only prolong his regime and increase Moscow’s appetite...

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...

Mil­i­tary expert Gustav C. Gressel on the war in Ukraine: The outcome will depend in part on whether the West sup­plies Ukraine with the weapons it needs. It is also...

By waging a war against Ukraine, Putin has badly mis­cal­cu­lated. The Russian leader has become victim of his own pro­pa­gan­dis­tic visions and failed to antic­i­pate the Western respo­nse, writes Vladislav Inozemtsev.

French elec­tion cam­paigns are usually des­per­ately navel-gazing. Foreign policy issues are all but absent from the debate. And even in ‘ordi­nary’ times, all main­stream evening news pro­grammes con­sider inter­na­tional news...

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...

How should the West counter Russian threats of war? We doc­u­ment Ralf Fücks’ OP ED at DIE WELT, 21.12.2021.

This Wednes­day, the Eastern Part­ner­ship Summit will take place for the first time in four years. On this occa­sion, Iryna Solo­nenko, Senior Fellow at the Center for Liberal Moder­nity, sheds...

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...

The polit­i­cal crisis in Georgia con­tin­ues after the munic­i­pal runoff elec­tions. The close elec­tion result exac­er­bates the polar­iza­tion between the sup­port­ers of the ruling Geor­gian Dream party and the opposition...

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....

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...

In this analy­ses Dmytro Shulga argues for the EU and specif­i­cally Germany to con­sider it’s own strate­gic gains in offer­ing Ukraine a way to full EU mem­ber­ship over an extended amount...

The recent visit of the US Sec­re­tary of State Antony Blinken to Kyiv has gen­er­ated some inter­est in Ukraine and beyond. This face-to-face meeting was a good oppor­tu­nity for the United...

The protests in Belarus in 2020 did not lead to a change in gov­ern­ment. But Lukashenko’s chosen way of brutal suppres­sion will not gain him any popular support — and is...

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...

Armenia’s Prime Min­is­ter Nikol Pashinyan is facing protests and requests to resign after Armenia lost the war with Azer­bai­jan for Nagorno Karabakh. Richard Giragosian, Direc­tor of the inde­pen­dent Think­tanks Regional...

While vio­lence thrives in silence, it has no chance to persist if brought to public atten­tion. Inter­na­tional atten­tion and support to the people in Belarus are now more crucial than...

A four-month stand-off between Belaru­sian strong­man Alexan­der Lukashenko and the pro-demo­c­ra­tic pro­test­ers posed a serious chal­lenge for the EU. The block that had announced its ambi­tion to become a geopo­lit­i­cal actor, has...

In Germany, a major­ity favour closer ties with Russia despite new autho­ri­an­ism under Putin, mil­i­tary aggres­sion against Ukraine and bombing in Syria. Where does the desire for a special rela­tion­ship with Russia...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” we publish a series of arti­cles about the three EU asso­ci­a­ted states. The authors from the region (Mikheil Benidze, Volodymyr Yer­molenko, Victor Gotisan)...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” we publish a series of arti­cles about the three EU asso­ci­a­tion states. The authors from the region (Mikheil Benidze, Volodymyr Yer­molenko, Victor Gotisan)...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” we publish a series of arti­cles about the three EU asso­ci­a­tion states. The authors from the region (Mikheil Benidze, Volodymyr Yer­molenko, Victor Gotisan)...

Ahead to the Past – The World in the Mind of Putin Эту статью можно читать и на русском

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...

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 (Veronika Movchan, Irina...

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 (Veronika Movchan, Irina...

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 (Veronika Movchan, Irina...

For decades, Sinol­o­gists who were largely blind to China’s expan­sive power pol­i­tics have dom­i­nated Germany’s polit­i­cal advice circles, cul­ti­vat­ing an image of China that our author calls “Late Ori­en­tal­ism”. Shaped...

A summary of the elec­tions in Bavaria, one of the major German states with more then 9 million voters.

Sandra Detzer und Sebas­t­ian Schaf­fer of the German Greens travel to Sweden where the right-wing-pop­ulist “Sweden Democ­rats” could win the elec­tion in Sep­tem­ber. But where danger is, rescue also grows:...

During the elec­tion cam­paign, appeal­ing to people’s anger and demo­niz­ing the oppo­nents is the most common strat­egy. Polit­i­cal pro­grams hardly matter. The polit­i­cal land­scape is highly frag­mented. In elec­tion polls,...

Karen Horn reminds us of for­got­ten, pio­neer­ing thinkers on liberty and high­lights the nec­es­sary con­tra­dic­tion within which a modern lib­er­al­ism exists: the tension between lim­it­ing state influ­ence and rec­og­niz­ing that influence...