Germany’s foot-dragging over military aid to Ukraine and the half-hearted imple­men­ta­tion of Chan­cellor Scholz’ Zeit­en­wende were subjected to sharp criticism at the Center for Liberal Modernity’s recent public discus­sion “Russia...

The war in Ukraine is a test for liberal democ­ra­cies’ resolve and for their capacity to act. There is still time to turn the tide. Otherwise, future histo­rians will mark this...

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.

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.

More than 120 experts from a dozen countries attended the fifth edition of our confer­ence “Russia and the West” on 20 April in Berlin. The partic­i­pants, including prominent Russian oppo­si­tion figures in exile, discussed future policy towards Moscow and post-Putin scenarios.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has upended not just relations with the West but is testing the inter­na­tional system as a whole. The urgent need for new thinking has prompted the Center of Liberal Modernity to set up its Expert Network Russia, which met in Vilnius under the headline “Rethinking Russia” for the first time on 31 October.

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 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...

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...