• SWP in the Media

    Oliver Geden on global warming and the 2 degree target

    Limiting global warming to just 2 degrees Celsius, as called for by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, has become patently unrealistic, writes Oliver Geden on Spiegel Online. Political will is lacking and emissions continue to increase. The target needs to be revised. more
  • After the Boston Attacks: The Role of Terrorism in the Northern Caucasus

    Uwe Halbach

    Because the Boston Bombers came from Chechnya, the country is now back on the public agenda. Uwe Halbach analyzes the situation in Chechnya and sheds light on the background of Islamist terror in the Northern Caucasus.

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  • Energy Efficiency Policy in Russia: Scope for EU-Russia Cooperation

    The recently adopted EU-Russia Energy Roadmap until 2050 identifies the clear potential for EU-Russia cooperation in areas such as energy efficiency, electricity and renewable energy. Indeed, rising prices for electricity stimulate energy-saving programs... more
  • Modifying the 2°C Target

    Climate Policy Objectives in the Contested Terrain of Scientific Policy Advice, Political Preferences, and Rising Emissions

    In the 20 years since the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted, progress in global climate policy has been modest. Annual greenhouse gas emissions have increased by over one-third since 1992. Acute conflicts of interest remain a persistent... more

Analytical and scientific papers

Alexander Gusev

EU-Russia Energy Cooperation

SWP Comments 2013/C 16, June 2013, 8 Pages
Paula Cristina Roque

Angola's Crucial Foreign Policy Drive

SWP Comments 2013/C 15, May 2013, 8 Pages
Tim L. Oliver

Britains European Question

SWP Comments 2013/C 14, May 2013, 8 Pages
Oliver Geden

Climate: Modifying the 2°C Target

SWP Research Paper 2013/RP 05, June 2013, 30 Pages
Wolfram Lacher

Libya: Fault Lines of the Revolution

SWP Research Paper 2013/RP 04, May 2013, 36 Pages


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Point of View

Although an energy revolution is taking place in the U.S., it is unlikely that this will cause the country to lose interest in the Middle East, argue Stormy-Annika Mildner and Kirsten Westphal.
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Current events in Egypt are often represented as a confrontation between two camps: one that is bent on establishing a dictatorship, while the other one is struggling to defend freedom and democracy. In reality, all parties in Egypt today are pushing the country to the brink of ungovernability, though each in its own way, says Nagwan El Ashwal.
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