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Policy Paper Laure Delcour, Kataryna Wolczuk 31. January 2023

Ukraine and the EU at the Time of War: A New Paradigm

The EU must become an autonomous foreign policy actor and use its enlarge­ment policy to address the chal­lenges posed by Russia’s aggres­sion. A Policy Paper by Laure Delcour and Kataryna Wolczuk.

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.

Input PaperDumitru 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.

Input PaperMykhailo 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.

Input PaperSergi 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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

Press Release Ralf Fücks, Marieluise Beck 24. February 2022

Putin must be branded a war criminal

Statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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...

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...

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...

Analysis Andreas Umland 27. September 2021

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....

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....

Input Paper​ 09. July 2021

Input Paper “European Green Deal for Ukraine: current status and future”

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are pub­lish­ing a second series of input papers on the topic of Perspec­tives and Prior­i­ties European Green Deal (EGD) in Ukraine, Georgia...

Input Paper​ 07. July 2021

Input Paper “Georgia and European Green Deal”

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are pub­lish­ing a second series of input papers on the topic of Perspec­tives and Prior­i­ties European Green Deal (EGD) in Ukraine, Georgia...

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.

Input Paper​ 21. June 2021

Input Paper on Anti-Corrup­tion Envi­ron­ment in Georgia

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are publishing a first series of input papers on the topic of anti-corrup­­tion reforms in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. The authors from...

Input Paper​ 

Input Paper “Overview of the current situation and chal­lenges of the fight against corrup­tion in the Republic of Moldova”

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are publishing a first series of input papers on the topic of anti-corrup­­tion reforms in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. The authors from...

Input Paper​ 

Input Paper “Fighting corrup­tion in Ukraine”

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are publishing a first series of input papers on the topic of anti-corrup­­tion reforms in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. The authors from...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

‌​ 17. June 2020

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...

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...

Policy Paper John Lough 31. October 2019

Belarus: Danger ahead – EU response needed

Many EU capitals regard Belarus as an extension of Russia and take little interest in it. EU leaders are also uncom­fort­able dealing with its long-time auto­cratic leader, Alexander Lukashenka. Such...

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...

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...

‌​ 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...

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...

‌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...

‌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,...

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