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Press Release ​ 21. June 2022

Geno­cide in Ukraine and German his­tor­i­cal responsibility

Open letter to the German Gov­ern­ment and the Bun­destag: Russian warfare fulfils the central char­ac­ter­is­tics of geno­cide. Germany must fulfil its “Respon­si­bil­ity to Protect”.

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...

Analysis Tanja A. Börzel & Thomas Risse 13. June 2022

Why Ukraine must get EU can­di­date status now – Lessons from Enlarge­ment Research

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.

Input Paper​ 27. May 2022

Input Paper “Ten argu­ments why Georgia should get the EU can­di­date status, despite its obvious demo­c­ra­tic backslide”

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus” we publish a series of input papers on the topic: Per­spec­tives and Path­ways to EU Can­di­date Status for Ukraine, Georgia and the Republic...

Input Paper​ 

Input Paper “Should the EU can­di­date status for Moldova become a real­is­tic goal?”

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus” we publish a series of input papers on the topic: Per­spec­tives and Path­ways to EU Can­di­date Status for Ukraine, Georgia and the Republic...

Input PaperDmytro Shulga 

Input Paper “EU can­di­date status for Ukraine”

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus” we publish a series of input papers on the topic: Per­spec­tives and Path­ways to EU Can­di­date Status for Ukraine, Georgia and the Republic...

Event​ 16. May 2022

Is there any Future for the Russian Economy after the War?

On 31 May, we dis­cussed the future of the Russian economy after the war in Ukraine with Dr Vladislav Inozemt­sev, Angelina Davy­dova, Dr Janis Kluge and Michael Harms.

From the Media ​ 12. May 2022

Inter­view with Marieluise Beck on „1+1“ (ukrain­ian TV-channel)

The Ukrain­ian TV channel “1plus1” broad­casted live on May 8th from Berlin. During the inter­view with Marieluise Beck one of the topics was the role of NATO in the war...

Comment Christina zur Nedden 

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....

Press Release ​ 04. May 2022

Ukraine’s cause is our cause, too!

After the Bundestag’s deci­sion to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine, a con­tro­ver­sial debate has flared up about Germany’s atti­tude towards the Russian war of aggres­sion against Ukraine.  The sig­na­to­ries call on Chan­cel­lor Olaf Scholz and the German gov­ern­ment to ...

Analysis Anna Frenyo 12. April 2022

Hungary’s Rela­tions with Russia, the EU and NATO: What to Expect After the Re-elec­tion of Viktor Orbán

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%,...

Event​ 04. April 2022

Turning point: Why we need to over­come our peace mentality

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...

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.

Debate ​ 25. March 2022

Appeal: Euro­pean import ban on Russian oil and gas!

More than 80 schol­ars, politi­cians, busi­ness­peo­ple and civil society rep­re­sen­ta­tives have signed an appeal to the German gov­ern­ment to stop oil and gas imports from Russia. Remark­ably, the coali­tion of...

Analysis John Lough 22. March 2022

Russia must be defeated in Ukraine

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...

Analysis ​ 21. March 2022

Euro­pean values at the core of unprece­dented Moldovan human­i­tar­ian efforts amidst the tragic war in Ukraine

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...

Analysis Gustav C. Gressel 18. March 2022

Current assess­ment of the Russian Inva­sion of Ukraine – What Germany Can and Must Do Now

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...

Event​ 17. March 2022

Ukraine’s War of Inde­pen­dence: Damage Account and Western Support

On 22 March, at 2 pm, the Center for Liberal Moder­nity in coop­er­a­tion with Naftogaz Ukraine and the Ukrain­ian Fed­er­a­tion of Employ­ers of the Oil and Gas Indus­try invites you to...

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.

Analysis Vladislav Inozemtsev 14. March 2022

Why Putin got so Delusional

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.

Event​ 10. March 2022

Join our dis­cus­sion “Russia and the West”

How should we deal with a repres­sive and con­fronta­tional Russia? Join our annual dis­cus­sion “Russia and the West” on 24 March, which will be held jointly with the Munich Secu­rity Conference...

‌Ralf Fücks 09. March 2022

What is Europe’s freedom worth to us?

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

Analysis Albrecht Sonntag 07. March 2022

France 2022: And then there was war

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...

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.

Press Release Ralf Fücks, Marieluise Beck 24. February 2022

Putin must be branded a war criminal

State­ment on the Russian inva­sion of Ukraine

Press Release Ralf Fücks, Marieluise Beck 25. January 2022

An urgent appeal from Ukraine: the country now needs Germany’s full solidarity

Two promi­nent members of the Ukrain­ian par­lia­ment appeal to their col­leagues in the German Bun­destag to stand by Ukraine in the face of Russian threats of war.

Analysis ​ 24. January 2022

Russia puts transat­lantic unity and secu­rity in Europe to the test

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...

‌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”!

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.

Analysis Iryna Solonenko 15. December 2021

Eastern Part­ner­ship and Ukraine: the mar­riage of convenience

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...

Analysis ​ 02. December 2021

The Occu­pa­tion of Crimea – a Chal­lenge for the Global Order

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...

Analysis Khatia Kikalishvili 17. November 2021

Whither Georgia?

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...

General ​ 26. October 2021

Pic­tures of the foun­da­tion stone cer­e­mony for the Holo­caust Memo­r­ial in Odesa

On 22 October, the foun­da­tion stone for a new memo­r­ial to the 1941 mas­sacre was laid in Odesa. The future memo­r­ial is the result of an ini­tia­tive of the Centre for...

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...

Event​ 15. October 2021

The next stage of the Eastern Part­ner­ship: Pri­or­i­ties for the coop­er­a­tion with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova

  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...

Essay Olena Pavlenko 01. October 2021

Ukraine can help in the EU gas price crisis

Europe is suf­fer­ing from high gas prices. At some gas hubs, they increased more than 250% since January, and already have impact on the retail prices for house­holds in many...

Policy Paper Khatia Kikalishvili 27. September 2021

LibMod Policy Paper: Progress in the fight against cor­rup­tion in the EU-asso­ci­ated states of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova

In the LibMod Policy Paper: Assess­ment of progress in the fight against cor­rup­tion in the EU-asso­­ci­ated states of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, our author Dr. Khatia Kikalishvili argues that insufficient...

Analysis Andreas Umland 

Merkel’s Ambiva­lent Legacy in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe

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....

Policy Paper ​ 15. September 2021

LibMod-Policy Paper: Towards a Euro­pean Climate Diplomacy

In the LibMod-Policy-Paper: Towards a Euro­pean Climate Diplo­macy, Dr. Georg Zach­mann analy­ses the exten­sion of the Euro­pean Green Deal to the three asso­ci­ated states of the EU (Ukraine, Georgia and the...

Analysis Volodymyr Dubovyk 09. September 2021

Zelenskyy’s US visit reaf­firms part­ner­ship. But much work lies ahead.

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...

Analysis Artyom Shraibman 09. August 2021

One year after the protests began — what’s Russia’s plan for Belarus?

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....

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.

Analysis Dmytro Shulga 13. July 2021

Why a Euro­pean per­spec­tive for Ukraine cor­re­sponds to German interests

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...

Essay Ralf Fücks & Rainald Manthe 07. July 2021

Liberal Answers to Digitalization

Dig­i­tal­iza­tion rep­re­sents one of the major chal­lenges of our time. Hence, it is crucial to obtain a pro­found under­stand­ing of the digital trans­for­ma­tion in order to be able to design and steer it.

Foto: Sergei Mal­gavko / TASS /​ Imago Images

Debate ​ 29. June 2021

Putin’s Poi­soned Chalice*

An answer to Wladimir Putin’s fine tuned op-ed in the German weekly Die Zeit by Ralf Fücks, Center for Liberal Modernity.

Press Release David Harnasch 27. May 2021

Press release on the Russian author­i­ties’ deci­sion to list the Center for Liberal Moder­nity as an “unde­sir­able foreign organization”

State­ment by Ralf Fücks und Marieluise Beck: The Russian Pros­e­cu­tor General’s deci­sion to brand­mark the Center for Liberal Moder­nity together with the German-Russian Exchange (DRA) and a Russian exile orga­ni­za­tion as “unde­sir­able...

Analysis Volodymyr Dubovyk 26. May 2021

US-Ukraine rela­tions under Joe Biden: secu­rity and domes­tic reforms as mutu­ally rein­forc­ing pillars

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...

Factsheet ​ 

Study on Russia: The other per­spec­tive on climate change (summary)

Climate change and its con­se­quences are viewed dif­fer­ently in Russia than is the case in the West. The issue is under­stood as “part of a polit­i­cal game”. This dif­fer­ence in outlook has ram­i­fi­ca­tions for both polit­i­cal and eco­nomic coop­er­a­tion. The inter­view study “Russian Experts’ Opin­ions on Global Climate Change”, con­ducted by Russia’s Levada-Center and com­mis­sioned by the Center for Liberal Moder­nity, affords in-depth insight into the Russian elites’ per­spec­tive on climate change and its soci­etal and eco­nomic consequences.

Analysis Artyom Shraibman 14. May 2021

Belarus: Rev­o­lu­tion Sup­pressed or Postponed?

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...

Analysis ​ 13. April 2021

Two wrongs won’t make a right: fixing Ukraine’s con­sti­tu­tional court

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...

Foto: Sergei Mal­gavko / TASS /​ Imago Images

Essay Maria Zolkina 08. April 2021

Russian esca­la­tion in Ukraine and what it means for Ukrain­ian-Russian relations

Since January 2021 there has been growing mil­i­tary esca­la­tion in con­flict-affected areas of Donbas. Russia has built up mil­i­tary equip­ment deploy­ment along the Russian-Ukrain­ian border, repo­si­tioned its army and strengthened...

‌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.

Foto: EP, Alexis HAULOT

InterviewLudwig Greven 01. April 2021

Slo­va­kia: “The gov­ern­ment failed.”

Slo­va­kia is one of the coun­tries hardest hit by the pan­demic in Europe. After MP Matovic and several min­is­ters resigned, liberal oppo­si­tion politi­cian Michal Simecka demands a fast solu­tion to the...

Policy Paper ​ 22. March 2021

LibMod-Policy Paper: INVESTMENT PLANS OF THE EU — oppor­tu­ni­ties for Ukraine in the area of the Euro­pean Green Deal implementation

The ana­lyt­i­cal paper “Invest­ment plans of the EU: oppor­tu­ni­ties for Ukraine in the area of the Euro­pean Green Deal imple­men­ta­tion” iden­ti­fies the most impor­tant spheres of involve­ment for the Ukrainian...

Foto: Facebook

Kommentar Ludwig Greven 12. March 2021

“We will put an end to the corrupt and anti-demo­c­ra­tic rule of Viktor Orban.” — Inter­view with MEP Anna Júlia Donáth

Anna Donath, MEP, com­ments on Orban’s FIDESZ Party leaving the Euro­pean People Party’s (EPP) faction in the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment and a new alliance of the Hun­gar­ian oppo­si­tion gainst the anti-euro­­pean Prime...

Foto: Shutterstock, Kacper Kawecki

Analysis Richard Giragosian 09. March 2021

Armenia’s post-war Polit­i­cal Crisis

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...

© Sergei Bobylev / Imago Images

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. 

Essay Michael Zürn 18. February 2021

Rethink­ing Lib­er­al­ism: Glob­al­i­sa­tion and Demo­c­ra­tic Regression

Only tem­porar­ily, says Michael Zürn, Direc­tor at the Berlin Social Science Center. 

Foto: Shutterstock, qwret

Analysis Aksana Lutskaya 06. February 2021

The Birth of a new civil society in Belarus vs. a “Euro­pean North Korea”

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...

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...

Analysis Artyom Shraibman 15. December 2020

Can the EU resolve Belarus conundrum?

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...

‌​ 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.

‌​ 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

Analysis Ralf Fücks, Marieluise Beck 08. September 2020

Russia and the Germans – a com­pli­cated affair

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...

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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

Analysis Ralf Fücks 13. July 2020

Soviet Nos­tal­gia and Great Power Aspirations

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

Policy Paper Khatia Kikalishvili 03. July 2020

LibMod Policy Paper: Account­able Gov­er­nance in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova

The paper ‘From status quo to status reform: Account­able Gov­er­nance in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova’ argues that greater pri­or­ity should be attached to the rule of law and demo­c­ra­tic governance...

Dossier ​ 02. July 2020

Program “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”

With its “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” project, LibMod is bring­ing per­spec­tives from Georgia, Moldova and the Ukraine to Berlin’s and Brus­sels’ policy circles.

Analysis Artyom Shraibman 30. June 2020

Whom the West should support in Belarus? A time for a strate­gic approach

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...

Policy Paper Gustav C. Gressel 22. June 2020

LibMod Policy Paper: The Eastern Partnership’s missing secu­rity dimension

In the LibMod policy paper: “The Eastern Partnership’s Missing Secu­rity Dimen­sion” Gustav C. Gressel analy­ses the pre­car­i­ous secu­rity sit­u­a­tion in the three EU asso­ciate coun­tries and sheds light on EU...

‌​ 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...

‌​ 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...

Press Release ​ 12. June 2019

Open Letter to PACE con­cern­ing Russia

An Open Letter to the Par­lia­men­tary Assem­bly of the Council of Europe: Please don’t deprive your­self of the right to impose sanc­tions on member states that are vio­lat­ing the statutes...

Press Release Ralf Fücks 22. May 2019

Secu­rity in Times of Change

An intro­duc­tion to our report and a summary of our results.

Essay Ralf Fücks 28. February 2019

Com­bin­ing ecology and freedom

Fly less! Eat less meat! In the strug­gle against climate change, there is one thing in par­tic­u­lar we should do: mod­er­ate our lifestyles. Indi­vid­ual respon­si­bil­ity def­i­nitely matters. Will renun­ci­a­tion and...

Essay Armin Huttenlocher 27. January 2019

Every Attack on a Jew is an Attack on the Liberal World

On this date 74 years ago, the Red Army lib­er­ated the Auschwitz-Birke­­nau exter­mi­na­tion camp. The 27th of January became the Day of Remem­brance for the Victims of National Social­ism. Much has...

Debate Ralf Fücks, Nikolaus von Twickel 24. January 2019

Russia and the West – Do We Need a New Ostpolitik?

On January 17 the Centre for Liberal Moder­nity held its second inter­na­tional Russia con­fer­ence. This year’s topic was if Germany’s policy of detente of the 1970s can offer any guidance...

Book Review Wolfgang Eichwede 18. January 2019

Dan­ger­ous advisors

The book dis­cussed below (Why we need peace and freedom with Russia) explic­itly presents itself as an appeal for a change in Germany’s policy towards Russia. It brings together authors from...

‌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...

Essay Ralf Fücks 07. November 2018

Lib­er­al­ism is dead, long live Liberalism!

Over the last 200 years, Lib­er­al­ism has been a stun­ning success story. It brought forward liberty and pros­per­ity for the many instead of priv­i­leges for the few. Yet, today liberal think­ing and...

Analysis Ralf Fücks 15. October 2018

Notes From Berlin — A Polit­i­cal Earth­quake in Bavaria

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

‌​ 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...

Analysis Sandra Detzer und Sebastian Schaffer 24. August 2018

The Come­back of the Swedish Center Party – an Eco-Liberal Story of Hope for Europe?

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:...

Debate Edward Lucas 17. May 2018

Stop Russia now, or lose to China later

What will be at stake when Moscow and Beijing begin to share their lessons?

Factsheet Ralf Fücks, Christoph Becker 07. May 2018

Factcheck: Encir­clement of Russia?

Are Russia’s inter­ven­tions in Georgia, Ukraine and Syria merely a reac­tion against the expan­sion of NATO? Facts and argu­ments con­cern­ing a pro­pa­ganda myth.

‌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...

From the Media Ralf Fücks 04. April 2018

Sur­viv­ing the Storm: Liberal Democ­racy in Times of Change

Society is caught up in a whirl­wind of change. The power of liberal democ­ra­cies is dwin­dling and the polit­i­cal balance in the world is shift­ing. An inter­view with Ralf Fücks on...

‌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...

‌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,...

Zwischenruf

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...

‌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...

Analysis Karen Horn 31. January 2018

Freedom in Modern Times

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...

‌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...

Video ​ 23. January 2018

Ivan Krastev: “Because of the Crisis, the EU Will Become a More Polit­i­cal Union”

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...

Essay Micha Brumlik 15. December 2017

Hegel, Rawls and Mill: On the Grounds of a Modern Liberalism

There can be no liberal moder­nity without social justice, which is why nothing can surpass the social demo­c­ra­tic idea, which has been mar­gin­al­ized in the current SPD. Anyone, who is...

Trum Kamoagne

Essay Ralf Fücks 23. November 2017

What’s driving the anti-liberal revolt? And what should we do about it?

The rapid pace of mod­erni­sa­tion renders people sus­cep­ti­ble to pop­ulism. In cos­mopoli­tan milieus, this came as a sur­prise. Yet the warning signs had long been apparent.

Essay ​ 15. November 2017

Who We Are and What We Want

About the motives for found­ing a Center for Liberal Modernity.