A New Attempt to Resolve the Ukraine Conflict There can be no normalisation of the relations with Russia as long as Moscow leads a war in the eastern Ukraine. This articles examines a new attempt to resolve the Ukraine conflict. By Ralf Fücks and Marieluise Beck
Ensuring Deterrence against Russia: The View from NATO's Front-Line States The forthcoming NATO summit gave opportunity to present and discuss the recently published report, which examines perceptions of Russia by (non)governmental experts from six neighbouring countries regarding how NATO should respond to Russian actions, with an emphasis on how nuclear issues should be addressed. By Kalina Marciniak
Diverging Voices, Converging Policies: The Visegrad States’ Reactions to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict The annexation of Crimea and the hybrid war against Ukraine pose fundamental challenges for the European Union, especially its unanimity. Given a differing stance of the Visegrad countries, the publication analyses reactions of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic focusing on their historical experiences, public opinions, economic relations, and energy- and foreign policy.
Dealing with Authoritarian Regimes: Challenges for a Value-based Foreign Policy From China to Russia to Iran, voices questioning the universality of liberal democracy are growing louder. How confidently can and should the West stand up for democracy and human rights in the world? By Ralf Fücks
International Working Group: Thinking about a Common European Future Press-Statement: Civil society actors and think tank experts from Poland, Ukraine, Russia and Germany have met in Potsdam on 22-23.09.2015 to confer on the crisis of the European security order and on ways out of the current political-military conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Putin's ice age Russian civil society is under pressure: Ralf Fücks, Co-President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, went to Moscow in July to speak with representatives of NGOs from the whole country. This report sums up information and impressions of those meetings (text in German). By Ralf Fücks
International conference: Ukraine, Russia and the European Union One year after the annexation of Crimea, an international conference held at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin on March 2 offered European and US experts the opportunity to analyse and discuss Europe’s response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. What are the EU’s policy options towards Russia? What progress has been made towards political and economic renewal? To the conference documentation with recordings and articles.
Russia’s Crisis: How Conservative Turn and Economic Malaise Translate into Foreign Policy Heinrich Böll Foundation and European Council of Foreign Relations have the pleasure to invite you for the public debate with Maria Lipman, Jadwiga Rogoża, and Jens Siegert. The event on the 15th of January will provide an opportunity to discuss the most recent developments in Russia and how they translate into foreign policy with experts offering first-hand knowledge about the country.
Germany and Russia: as much cooperation as possible; as much conflict as necessary The German public's empathy or antipathy for the Ukrainian revolt against the Yanukovych regime is blanketed by a deeper difference: the view of Russia. As in earlier periods of German history, Germany’s relationship with the West is reflected in Russian politics. By Ralf Fücks
Russia, Ukraine, and Europe We would all love to have a democratic Russia as a partner in the European Union. However, the country’s current political leadership is moving away from Europe.