The Race for Raw Materials
As a result of the energy transition and digitalisation, the demand for raw materials is increasing drastically. At the same time, the raw materials markets are particularly tense due to the war in Ukraine and supply shortages are possible. Against this backdrop, the European Commission’s fourth list of critical raw materials and its...
German Ambiguity Is Deciding Ukraine’s Future
Chancellor Scholz’s delay in sending heavy weapons to Ukraine is hurting Kyiv’s chances of preserving its sovereignty. It is also damaging Germany’s standing across Europe. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russia’s National Security Narrative: All Quiet on the Eastern Front
The war in Ukraine has cemented the Russian-Chinese partnership for the foreseeable future. While focusing all of its efforts to the West, the last thing Russia needs is a confrontation with China. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Eine Chronologie der nuklearen Anspielungen Moskaus im Krieg gegen die Ukraine
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Deciphering Turkey’s Geopolitical Balancing and Anti-Westernism in Its Relations with Russia
The war in Ukraine is set to increase the pressure on Turkey’s balancing policy, shed light on the role of anti-Westernism in Ankara-Moscow relations, and reshape Turkey’s relations with Russia and the West. The balancing policy will face a less permissive environment. However, a rupture in Turkey-Russia relations is not to be...
Einschätzungen über das russische Vorgehen im Ukraine-Krieg
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The G7 Summit: Advancing International Climate Cooperation?
At the G7 summit in June 2022, the German government intends to promote international climate cooperation by establishing a climate club. This club is envisioned to foster implementation of the Paris climate goals and, ideally, grow into a global alliance of ambitious countries. In light of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, energy policy...
The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in the Middle East and North Africa
More specifically, Washington should not let this new frame of “great power rivalry,” which Middle East autocracies have heartily welcomed and exploited, distract it from scrutinizing the behavior of these regimes at home and from helping the region’s citizens and societies address the socio-economic and political problems they...
G7: International solidarity with Ukraine in times of aggression
Adopting the slogan “Progress towards an equitable world”, Germany had intended to use the G7 presidency to push for collective action on important global issues such as climate change, healthy lives, sustainable development, inequality, and the defence of democracy. But this transformative agenda was suddenly confronted with Vladimir...
Fragmentiert, instabil, plural: Das politische System der Ukraine vor dem Krieg
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