Section: German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Germany)
The Future of the Minsk Agreements
The Minsk agreements are currently the principal instrument for achieving a lasting settlement in the occupied regions of eastern Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv, however, are showing little enthusiasm for implementing the associated package of measures. Unless this changes by the summer, the European Union would be ill-advised to lift or relax its...
Nordic-Baltic Security, Germany and NATO
The countries around the Baltic Sea are among Europe’s frontline states affected by the conflict between Russia and western Europe. The Baltics and Nordics share a common concern about a revisionist, aggressive, and rearming Russia: Since the onset of the crisis in and around Ukraine in 2014, these countries have felt increasingly exposed...
The Rule of Law in Contemporary Ukraine
Ukraine’s Euromaidan protest movement, which brought about the fall of President Yanukovych in 2014, has led to a comprehensive process of reforms. However, this process is being hampered and delayed by a large number of internal and external hurdles. There are particularly significant obstacles to establishing a state governed by the rule...
Offshore Hydrocarbon Resources in the Arctic
The Arctic region has been an area of low tension since the end of the Cold War. This observation is important because the run on hydrocarbons in the Arctic has not resulted in increased rivalries as expected. The outcomes have been international joint ventures in oil and gas project on the economic side and a strengthening of Arctic governance...
A Common Energy Market in the Eurasian Economic Union
To the east of the European Union a regional energy market is taking shape under the auspices of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Even if the interests of the participating states diverge and the ultimate shape of the market remains unclear, the development is likely to be substantial. On the one hand, it threatens to deepen the fragmentation...
Russia: Turn to China?
After its relations with the West deteriorated massively in the course of the Ukraine crisis, Russia has been aligning itself increasingly towards China. This shift is most obvious in the strategic spheres of military and energy cooperation. Even if the immediate impacts on Germany and the European Union – caused by the dynamics in the...
[Translate to English:] Russlands Wende nach China
[Translate to English:] Seitdem sich die Beziehungen zum Westen im Zuge der Krise um die Ukraine massiv verschlechtert haben, orientiert sich Russland verstärkt Richtung China. Diese Annäherung ist vor allem in den strategischen Bereichen Militär- und Energiekooperation zu beobachten. Auch wenn die unmittelbaren Auswirkungen auf Deutschland und...
The Ukraine Conflict and the Danger of Nuclear Accidents
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Germany and the Role of Nuclear Weapons
Never since the end of the Cold War have the international community and Europe been so deeply divided over the role of nuclear weapons in security policy. There is disagreement within the United Nations over whether to begin negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons. At the same time, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and...
Unexpected, Unforeseen, Unplanned
There is little politicians and administrations fear more than being taken off guard and ill-prepared by a major incident. However inadequate the planning and instruments, decisions must be made and action taken. As such, unexpected events expose decision-makers to the risks of portentous decisions arrived at under conditions of great...
