Publications

The most serious crisis in the history of Russian-Belarusian relations has been taking place over the past few months. In 2007 Russia started the process of depriving Belarus of subsidies in the form ...chevron_right

The negotiations over Russia’s purchase of French Mistral-class multipurpose assault ships, which were intensified in 2010, have gained a significant political dimension. The prospects of such a spect...chevron_right

Since the Party of Regions took power in Ukraine, the process of strengthening the executive branch of government at the expense of the others, together with the instrumental use of the law, has been ...chevron_right

In order to implement its interests in foreign, security and economic policy, Germany has employed soft power tools from such areas as public diplomacy and policy for development, culture and science....chevron_right

This paper looks at the soft power tools Germany uses in the countries East of it to implement its foreign, security and economic policy. It specifically looks at three areas of activity: network buil...chevron_right

Russia’s contacts with the external world over the past year have been characterised by a gradual improvement in its relations with the West, as well as the use of non-confrontational rhetoric, the mo...chevron_right

This paper presents and discusses the main participants in the German historical debate over the resettlements – Erika Steinbach and the Federation of Expellees which she chairs, along with the method...chevron_right

Russia was the first state in the world to de facto recognise the new regime in Kyrgyzstan. This recognition, along with a previous campaign by the Russian media against the then President Kurmanbek B...chevron_right

Germany perceives the Eastern Partnership as an initiative that is conducive to German interests, but at the same time as one that could undermine them. Berlin would like the Eastern Partnership to be...chevron_right

Militant Islam is currently the greatest threat to security and stability in the Russian part of the Caucasus. However, even though the armed Islamic underground is capable of organizing terrorist att...chevron_right

Nord Stream increases Gazprom’s flexibility as far its export routes are concerned; it enables them to be changed with regard to the market or political situation. Nevertheless, this expensive pipelin...chevron_right

The establishment of a separate North Caucasian Federal District in January 2010, and the nomination of Aleksandr Khloponin as the presidential plenipotentiary envoy to that district, suggest that the...chevron_right

From a historical perspective, the last two decades can almost be regarded as a 'golden age' of Polish-Russian relations. This is the first time in several centuries that a sovereign Poland and Russia...chevron_right

The end of 2009 saw a clear intensification of efforts around the two pipeline projects vital for Russian energy strategy, the Nord Stream gas pipeline running from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Se...chevron_right

The threat posed by radical Islam has invariably been perceived as the most serious challenge to stability in Central Asia since 1991. Fears were raised by the Islamic revolution which had developed i...chevron_right