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Policy Paper Maria Domanska 26. January 2023

Rein­venting Russia: How the West Should Prepare for the Post-Putin Period

The war in Ukraine is putting the future of Russia more and more in our hands. A decisive victory of Ukraine makes an end to the Putin regime more likely. The West needs to prepare for this moment because it may offer a short oppor­tu­nity to encourage the country to embark on a more demo­c­ratic and law-abinding path, writes Maria Domanska.

Policy Paper Vladimir Milov 10. January 2023

Future Scenarios for Russia:
An Opti­mistic, but Realistic Outlook

Putin has turned Russia into a dicta­tor­ship, but the country is by no means destined to be a dark impe­ri­al­istic power. The Free World needs to support Russia’s next attempt for demo­c­ratic change instead of snubbing it, writes Vladimir Milov.

Analysis Artyom Shraibman 19. December 2022

“Freezing the War Would Be Ideal for Lukashenka”

Lukaschenka präsen­tiert sich seinem Volk als Garant des Friedens, sein Regime scheint gefestigt – solange Russland den Krieg in der Ukraine nicht verliert. 

Policy Paper Yana Zabanova 14. December 2022

A Highly Uncertain Future

Russia’s shocking invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has changed the geopo­lit­ical realities in Europe, spelling the end to Russia’s position as Europe’s most important energy supplier. As a result, today Russia has the dubious distinc­tion of being the most sanc­tioned nation in the world’s history.

EventRalf Fücks 12. December 2022

“As Long as Putin Is in Power, There Is No Security With Russia, Only Against It”

“As long as Putin is in power, there is no security with Russia, only against it”

Policy Paper Marie Mendras 01. December 2022

France’s Auto­cri­tique of Its “Russia First, Ukraine Second” Policy

French policy towards Russia was based on self-serving delusions that led to dangerous failures and exac­er­bated Putin’s paranoia. The West needs to overhaul its policies and build a strong security system in Europe and beyond.

Press Release ​ 20. November 2022

The Moment Is Now!
Helping Ukraine Through This Winter of War.

Appeal by more than 70 writers, histo­rians, security experts and scholars on Eastern Europe

EventNikolaus von Twickel 17. November 2022

Confer­ence Report “Rethinking Russia” — Contain­ment, Deter­rence, Regime Change?

Confer­ence Report “Rethinking Russia” — Contain­ment, Deter­rence, Regime Change?

Event  08. November 2022

Photos of the Confer­ence “Rethinking Russia”

“Rethinking Russia”: On 31 October, we opened our new project “Expert Network Russia” with a confer­ence in Vilnius. Here is a selection of photographs from the event.

EventRalf Fücks 07. November 2022

“Getting Clear About Russia Is the Key for a Realistic Russia Policy”

The Center for Liberal Modernity’s Expert Network Russia kicked off last week with a one-day meeting in Vilnius. In his opening remarks, Ralf Fücks reminded everyone why we need to Rethink Russia.

Event​ 06. November 2022

“Inter­na­tional Law against Genocide” — Review and contri­bu­tions of the conference

Do Russian war crimes consti­tute genocide? What oblig­a­tions does this impose on the inter­na­tional community? Experts from politics, academia and civil society discussed these questions at the inter­na­tional confer­ence “Inter­na­tional Law against Genocide”.

InterviewAlexander Görlach 03. November 2022

“Will the United States stay united and governable?“

What’s at stake for the US and what impact of the outcome of the midterms will have – an Interview with Clay Risen

‌​ 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.

Policy Paper Janusz Reiter 25. October 2022

Poland’s Trian­gular Russia Policy

Poland’s complex rela­tion­ship with Russia is deeply inter­twined with Germany and Ukraine, Janusz Reiter writes.

Policy Paper Ulrich Speck 24. October 2022

Zeit­en­wende: Towards a New German and European Russia Policy

Germany’s decades-long policy of political part­ner­ship with Russia is in tatters — instead of a friendly demo­c­ratic country it got an aggres­sive dicta­tor­ship. To avoid future failures, we need strength and resilience, writes Ulrich Speck.

Comment Ralf Fücks 19. October 2022

Whither Russia? A defeat in Ukraine is a chance for renewal

It is time to think about a Russia after Putin. If defeated in Ukraine, condi­tions in the country will also change. Whether for the better or the worse is an open question. Without a departure from the imperial delusion, Russia will remain in the eternal vicious circle of war politics and author­i­tarian rule.

Policy Paper Dan Fried 10. October 2022

Don’t Bet Against the West!

The US tried to integrate Russia with the liberal inter­na­tional order, but Putin destroyed the basis for coop­er­a­tion by disman­teling democracy and seeking domi­na­tion of his neighbors, writes Dan Fried.

Analysis Mykola Vorobiov 16. September 2022

Military analysis: A protracted war

Half a year after the start of the large-scale Russian invasion, the West should continue to support Ukraine with further arms deliveries.

Essay Armin Huttenlocher 31. August 2022

Putin’s war is also Kirill’s crusade

Under Orbán’s pressure, the EU-Commis­sion has removed the Russian Patriarch Kirill from the sanctions list – a fatal under­es­ti­ma­tion of the powerful role of the Russian-Orthodox Church in the war against Ukraine.

Event​ 30. August 2022

Review of the confer­ence: “Rethinking Liber­alism, Renewing Democracy”.

Liberal democracy is under pressure worldwide. At our confer­ence “Rethinking Liber­alism, Renewing Democracy” on 24 November in Berlin and online, we discussed with inter­na­tional guests from academia, politics, think tanks and business how liber­alism and liberal democracy must evolve in order to sustain. 

InterviewChristina zur Nedden 15. August 2022

The US must better explain its China policy

The tensions between Taipei and Beijing are also the result of an US non-commit­­ment, according to Bonnie Glaser, Director of the German Marshall Fund’s Asia Programme.

InterviewChristina Sadeler 

The visit was seen as a signal that Taiwan is not alone

China reacted to Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan with military exercises. Christina Sadeler spoke to I‑Chung Lai, a senior adviser to the Taiwan Thinktank about Taiwanese perspec­tives on the visit and...

‌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

From the Media Marieluise Beck 03. August 2022

“We could have seen that we had to do with an aggres­sive imperial power”

Marieluise Beck is asked if she changed her mind about German foreign policy after recent arms deliv­eries. She also speaks about mistakes made by previous govern­ments and former Chan­cellor Schröders...

Analysis Richard C. Schneider 29. July 2022

“New World Order” – Closing Ranks in Isolation

The Tehran-Moscow axis seems threat­ening, but it was born out of necessity and does not change much for Israel and the Middle East. However, the Russia-Israel rela­tion­ship has already deteriorated...

Comment Alexander Görlach 25. July 2022

Secu­larism in retreat – Trump’s poisoned legacy

In the once secular US, religious funda­men­tal­ists are increas­ingly gaining influence, as most recently shown by the abortion ruling. Trump has appointed 120 conser­v­a­tive judges during his term in office...

Analysis Christina zur Nedden 22. July 2022

How Putin is exploiting the crisis in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, demon­stra­tors have taken over the pres­i­den­tial palace, partly because the prices of wheat and petrol have risen immea­sur­ably as a result of the war in Ukraine. Russia is...

InterviewTill Schmidt 21. July 2022

China is Learning in Israel how to do Business in Europe

In Israel, Chinese invest­ments are increas­ingly viewed crit­i­cally, partly because of China’s relations with Iran. On the other hand, China offers enormous economic oppor­tu­ni­ties, according to Galia Lavi of the...

Comment Ralf Fücks 18. July 2022

Irri­ta­tions about Germany

Chan­cellor Scholz supports Ukraine only so much that it can defend itself with diffi­culty, but cannot launch a coun­ter­at­tack. But if Putin is not defeated in Ukraine, there will be no...

Essay Marieluise Beck 11. July 2022

From Srebrenica to Bucha

What happened in Srebrenica 27 years ago is now occurring in Bucha, Mariupol and other areas of Ukraine conquered by Russia. An essay by Marieluise Beck

Policy Paper Vladislav Inozemtsev 28. June 2022

NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA — Framework, effects, possiblities

Oil and gas revenues continue to fill the Russian war chest. In order to damage the Russian economy severely, a drop in the supply of products for the IT sector would...

Press Release Ralf Fücks, Marieluise Beck 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: Why Georgia should get the EU candidate status, despite 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.

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