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.

Before our confer­ence “Russia and the West”, we spoke with Mikhail Khodor­kovsky about the situation in his home country and the prospects for an end to the war of aggres­sion against Ukraine.

How can the West support the Russian oppo­si­tion? We Should remember that insti­tu­tions are more important than people. Maria Domanska, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw at the confer­ence Russia and the West

British author and jour­nalist Catherine Belton says that the West and espe­cially Western business ignored early alarm bells like the jailing of Mikhail Khodor­kovsky, believing that through trade they could foster a good and stable rela­tion­ship with Russia.

The historian Sergey Radchenko on why Ukraine should become a NATO member.

Speaking at the sidelines of our confer­ence “Russia and the West”, Russian oppo­si­tion politi­cian Vladimir Milov argued that the Russian people are often unfairly portrayed as supporting Putin and the war against Ukraine.

Opening Speech by Ralf Fücks at the Confer­ence “Rethinking Russia” in the Sejmas of Vilnius

Europe needs a demo­c­ratic Russia where people can live a normal life without the desire to restore an empire, said Lithuanian MEP and former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius on the sidelines of the LibMod confer­ence “Rethinking Russia” in Vilnius.

Interview with Marie Mendras, Professor at the Science Po’s Paris School of Inter­na­tional Affairs at the Confer­ence “Rethinking Russia” in the Selmas of Vilnius

Interview with Sergey Lagodinsky, MEP, 1st Vice-Chair of the Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs bei der Konferenz “Rethinking Russia” in the Seimas of Vilnius

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...

  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...

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...