Section: German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Germany)
Conceivable Surprises
Russia’s foreign policy has taken numerous unexpected turns in recent years, from annexation of Crimea to military intervention in Syria. The element of surprise for Germany and the EU arises out of a mix of lack of political transparency in Russia, Western misperceptions and the Kremlin’s deliberate instrumentalisation of...
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in Light of the Crisis over Ukraine
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The Conflicts over Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Light of the Crisis over Ukraine
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The Transnistria Conflict in Light of the Crisis over Ukraine
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Not Frozen!
Since 2014 German and European attention has been largely absorbed by the annexation of Crimea, the war in Donbas and the crisis in relations with Russia. Yet the eastern neighbourhood also contains four unresolved territorial conflicts, which have in some respects developed very dynamically since 2014. The authors of this study examine the role...
Germany and the Eastern Partnership After the Ukraine Crisis
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Leadership in the Ukraine conflict: A German moment
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Russia’s annexation of Crimea: The mills of international law grind slowly but they do grind.
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European Disintegration: Too Much to Lose
For decades the search for deeper integration characterised the European Union. Today the discussion revolves around disintegration. It began with the Greek debt crisis, but only came into its own with summer 2015’s major influx of refugees and the reimposition of controls at certain borders. In June the United Kingdom will vote on whether...
NATO Needs Deterrence and Dialogue
Deterrence is back in Europe. As NATO approaches its July summit in Warsaw, Allies are adapting this concept to the new security settings in place in Europe since the 2014 crisis in Ukraine. Yet, deterrence is intrinsically connected to dialogue: these are the two pillars of NATO’s strategy, as defined in the 1967 Harmel Report....
