Nord Stream 2 Under Sanctions: A Silver Lining for EU Energy Security Policy?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Late last year, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline seemed to be firmly heading to an eventual finish, but Russian aggression on Europe’s eastern flank brought the…

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BRI-illiance and BRI-ittleness: Hungary’s Success and Serbia’s Struggle with Chinese Trade Flows

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) First and foremost, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a $550 billion project designed to relieve China’s industrialized zones of surplus output and grow its less…

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Europe’s frontline of information wars: Russophone communities in Estonia and Germany

(National Identities) (Co-authored with Andrey Makarychev) Abstract: This article approaches Russophone groups in Estonia and Germany as discursive subjects and producers of their own narratives and storylines that are either technically…

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Collusion or Homegrown Collaboration? Connections between German Far Right and Russia

(Political Capital) (Co-authored with Ellen Rivera) Political Capital have already published a series of reports on the connections between the far-right and Russia in many European countries, including Hungary, Austria, Slovakia,…

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A Reluctant Partner: Georgian-German Relations Revisited

(PONARS Policy Memo) For Georgia, the enacting of an Association Agreement with the EU in the summer of 2016 was a pivotal moment in cementing its strategic bonds with Europe. The…

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Both In-Between and Out: National Sovereignty and Cross-Border Governmentality in Euro 2012 in Lviv

(European Neighbourhood Policy) (Co-author: A. Makarychev) The chapter addresses a collision of different policies and strategies initiated, pursued and implemented by EU member states towards Ukraine as a co-host of…

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Trump’s impact on Russian-German relations?

(IPG | in German) Der russische Präsident Putin bezeichnete Trump im Dezember 2015 als "schillernden und fähigen Menschen." Donald Trump liegt im Rennen um die Nominierung des Republikanischen Kandidaten für die…

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The Release of Mikhail Khodorvovsky: Insights from Three German Experts

Here are three comments on the key political surprise of this fall: the release from jail of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his move to Germany. Efforts behind the scenes have continued…

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“Russia First” Policy in Retreat?

Perhaps the best explanation for the proverbial Russia-centrism in German foreign policy is Berlin's excessive expectations of Russia in recent years. Nowadays, however, Germany faces hard challenges in its policy…

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Берлин может взять на вооружение аргументы Кремля

На первый взгляд, Германию и Россию многое объединяет. Оба государства мыслят себя в рамках "большой Европы" и пытаются найти оптимальное сочетание национального суверенитета и интеграционных проектов, односторонних действий и многосторонней…

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