Comment 16. June 2022 Why Germany should support Ukraine’s EU candidacy The granting of candidate status does not mean accession: it is above all a recognition of the progress Ukraine has made in reforms and a great symbolic gesture to a people who are...
Comment Christina zur Nedden 12. May 2022 Hong Kong’s free spirit is being extinguished! Hong Kong’s free society is being destroyed by China’s National Security Laws. With the election of John Lee as Chief Executive, a nightmare has come true for Hong Kong’s democracy movement....
Comment Marieluise Beck 29. March 2022 Ukraine and us: Never again war? So far, the people of Ukraine have borne the burden of the war all alone. For the German precept of “never again”, this is a reality shock, comments Marieluise Beck.
Comment 16. March 2022 Law professor Luchterhandt in Tagesspiegel: “Russia commits genocide in Mariupol” Based on six criteria of the United Nations Convention against Genocide, Russia is committing genocide in Mariupol, says International law expert Otto Luchterhandt.
Comment 04. March 2022 World, it’s time to act in self-defence against Russian aggression. Radiation knows no borders Political scientist Oleksandra Keudel warns of European and global consequences in the case of Russian attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
Analysis Ralf Fücks 21. December 2021 Dialogue yes, appeasement no How should the West counter Russian threats of war? We document Ralf Fücks’ OP ED at DIE WELT, 21.12.2021.
Comment Veronika Movchan 18. October 2021 EU-Ukraine Summit 2021: What does it say about the state of EU-Ukraine relations after 7 years of the association? 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...
Analysis Ralf Fücks 22. July 2021 NS2-Deal: Toad with Sugar Coating 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...
Comment David Harnasch 14. July 2021 Russia, Ukraine and the EU: A Comment on Putin’s history doctrine A commentary by Ralf Fücks on Putin’s latest historical policy manifesto, published by the Kremlin.
Comment Oleksandra Matviichuk 19. February 2021 2021 winter protests in Russia: the view of a Ukrainian human rights activist Only temporarily, says Michael Zürn, Director at the Berlin Social Science Center.
Comment Ralf Fücks 08. February 2018 Coalition agreement: The prolongation of the present into the future In the coalition agreement, the CDU and the SPD dodge important reforms and take a scattershot approach to the distribution of a great deal of money. The big challenges, like climate, demographic...