How does Ukraine view the Ukraine Recovery Conference and the results of EU elections? Why did Mustafa Nayyem resign as head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infra­structure? Marieluise Beck in conver­sation with Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, member of the Verkhovna Rada and Chair of the Committee of Ukraine’s integration into the European Union.

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...