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‌Dumitru Minzarari 05. December 2022

Moldova: Security Dimension in the Eastern Part­ner­ship after Russia’s War of Aggres­sion on Ukraine

The danger of Russian aggres­sion in the Republic of Moldova is real, comments Dymutru Minzarari. He proposes concrete steps for Germany and the EU to ensure effective support in the field of security policy.

‌Mykhailo Samus 

Ukraine: Security Dimension in the Eastern Part­ner­ship after Russia’s War of Aggres­sion on Ukraine

Russia’s war of aggres­sion against Ukraine raises questions about the security of Eastern European countries seeking member­ship in the EU and NATO — espe­cially Ukraine. Mykhailo Samus analyses the missing security dimension and necessary changes in Western security policy.

‌Sergi Kapanadze 

Georgia: Security Dimension in the Eastern Part­ner­ship after Russia’s War of Aggres­sion on Ukraine

The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows Russia’s impe­ri­alist expan­sionist strate­gies, Georgia became a primary target of this power politics in 2008. Sergi Kapanadze describes what steps the West should take for a new and robust security strategy within the Eastern Partnership.

‌​ 28. October 2022

Rethinking Russia — Vilnius 31 October 2022

Our new project “Expert Network Russia” kicked on October 31 with an inaugural meeting in Vilnius. Network members will gather in the Lithuanian Seimas to discuss how the West should deal with an increas­ingly total­i­tarian and neo-imperial Russia.

‌  31. August 2022

Stresstest for Democracy

In our discus­sion series, we take a look at some key countries: What is going on in France, the USA, Poland and Hungary, in Israel and the European Union? How can the devel­op­ments in these countries be explained? What is trans­fer­able to Germany, what is different here and why? And what paths can be found out of the multiple crises?

‌Felix Ackermann 09. August 2022

Lukashenka’s war against his own people

Since the protests in August 2020, the ille­git­i­mate lead­er­ship of the Republic of Belarus sees itself at war against the “collec­tive West”, but it is waging the battle against its...

‌Lukas Daubner & Aysel Aliyeva 05. August 2022

Russia’s post-War Fossil Fuel Future

The war in Ukraine will throw Russia into an economic crisis, which it will try to combat through fossil fuels reversing the started green transition

Shutterstock: Monkey Business Images

‌Rainald Manthe 28. March 2022

Towards a basic income for lifelong learning

We are living in times of rapid change: climate change, digi­tal­iza­tion, the COVID-19 pandemic, the looming systemic compe­ti­tion with China, global migration, and the realign­ment of glob­al­iza­tion are changing our...

‌Ralf Fücks 09. March 2022

What is Europe’s freedom worth to us?

We must stop funding Putin’s war with our energy imports

‌Nila Sarabi 01. January 2022

Rethinking Revisited: Con­fe­rence High­lights — Rethin­king Libe­ra­lism, Renewing Democracy

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

‌​ 31. May 2021

Inter­na­tional Confer­ence “Security in Times of Rapid Change”

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...

‌Lukas Daubner 06. April 2021

Rethinking Liber­alism: Occupy Future – Defending the Openness of Futures

Lukas Daubner argues that the liberal forces of all stripes should once again take a positive view of the future.

Fliegen kann klimaneutral werden

‌​ 02. February 2021

Roadmap Towards Climate Neutral Aviation

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...

‌​ 08. December 2020

Dossier: Rethinking Liberalism

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.

‌​ 09. October 2020

Online Conver­sa­tion: Rethinking Liber­alism — What went wrong with Liber­alism and what to do about it?

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

‌​ 25. September 2020

Status and Perspec­tives of the Eastern Partnership

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

‌​ 22. September 2020

Online-Discus­sion: Security in Times of Change

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

‌​ 08. September 2020

Russia and the West – Rappro­che­ment or New Sys­temic Conflict?

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

‌​ 13. July 2020

A Need for Credible EU Strategy for the Eastern Partnership

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...

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The expec­ta­tions for the German Council Pres­i­dency as to the future shape of the Eastern Part­ner­ship from the perspec­tive of civil society. The case of the Republic of Moldova

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...

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Ukrainian expec­ta­tions for the German pres­i­dency of the Council of the EU

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...

‌​ 17. June 2020

Under­standing Ukraine

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...

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German-Russian Digital Civil Society Talks

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...

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Liberal democracy and its adver­saries: Antilib­eral thought from Weimar to the present day

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...

Interview with Dr. Ulana Suprun, Ukraine's former acting Health Minister

‌​ 28. April 2020

Ulana Suprun: Govern­ment Agencies Are Using the Quar­an­tine to Become Much Less Transparent

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...

‌Olga Karatsch 20. April 2020

Mortal Combat in Belarus: Lukashenko vs Coronavirus

Der belaru­sian President leaves it to orthodox priests und the KGB to fight the epidemic. The people are getting more and more upset because the govern­ment can no longer hide...

‌​ 05. November 2019

Book from LibMod and KAS: Soziale Mark­twirtschaft ökol­o­gisch erneuern

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...

‌Didi Kirsten Tatlow 22. November 2018

Cultural Rela­tivism and Power Blindness: Some critical obser­va­tions on the state of Germany’s China debate

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...

‌​ 18. September 2018

Save the Council of Europe

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...

‌Attila Juhasz 16. April 2018

After the Elections: Hungary Divided

The elections on April 8, 2018 gave Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party another two-thirds majority in parlia­ment. Attila Juhasz explains why this does not imply a broad support for the concept of ‘illib­erale democracy’. The hungarian...

‌Dahlia Scheindlin 21. March 2018

Populist nativism of the East, West and Israel

The anti-liberal revolt ist not limited to the US and Europe. Tenden­cies towards an ‘illiberal democracy’ and ethnic nation­alism can be observed in Israel as well. The Israeli author Dahlia...

‌Nikolaus von Twickel 19. March 2018

The Putin System and the Kremlin’s Influence in Europe

On March 13 the Center Liberal Modernity held its first inter­na­tional confer­ence on Russia. The event’s main intention was gaining a deeper under­standing of the Putin System and to find out...

‌Ralf Fücks, Marieluise Beck 18. March 2018

Under­standing Russia

A Russian agent who switched sides is attacked with a military-grade nerve agent in a provin­cial English town. Prime Minister May holds Moscow respon­sible for the attack. Are we back in the...

‌Ralf Fücks 05. March 2018

Notes From Berlin — Another Fast Roundup of Current Political Devel­op­ments in Germany

What the decision for another „Grand Coalition” led by Chan­cellor Merkel implies for Germany, EU and the Transat­lantic Alliance.

‌Antonella Forganni 28. February 2018

Elections in Italy: Sliding Slowly, Eyes Wide Open, into Durable Decline

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,...

‌Marieluise Beck 19. February 2018

Three years after Minsk II: Where are we now?

Reca­pit­u­la­tion of a faltering peace process: the second Minsk Agreement of February 2015, intended to put an end to the war in eastern Ukraine and to set a political process in motion,...

‌Matthias Meisner 05. February 2018

Far-right extrem­ists in the Bundestag: Radical delegates from Saxony

The five AfD Members of the Bundestag from Saxony are among the most radical in the party’s (Alter­na­tive for Germany) parlia­men­tary group. At a party event near Pirna, the party base...

‌Jan Minx 25. January 2018

More Courage Needed to Protect the Climate

The rapid devel­op­ment of wind and solar energy alone will not put an end to climate change. Green­house gas emissions continue to rise around the world. Even Germany has not...

Paris Cafe Beitragsbild

‌​ 15. November 2017

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