Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

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Yaşar Aydın

Ankara’s Critical View of the EU–India Free Trade Agreement

Turkey Is Emphatically Calling for the Modernisation of the Customs Union with the EU

SWP Comment 2026/C 12, 13.03.2026, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C12

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Amrei Meier

Algorithmic Migration

How Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence Are Reshaping Global Mobility

SWP Comment 2026/C 11, 04.03.2026, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C11

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Marco Overhaus

US Defence Policy: Between Isolationism and the Pursuit of Dominance

Contradictions in Washington Demand a Clear Response from Europe

SWP Comment 2026/C 10, 26.02.2026, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C10

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Felix Heiduk

Sham Elections amid the War in Myanmar

Prospects for National Stability and International Cooperation

SWP Comment 2026/C 09, 20.02.2026, 6 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C09

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Michael Paul

America’s Fixation on Greenland

Implications and Policy Options for Europe

SWP Comment 2026/C 08, 16.02.2026, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C08

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Kai-Olaf Lang
Céline Marangé
Susan Stewart

Indispensable: Why Ukraine is becoming a fundamental part of the future European security architecture

Nearly four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the majority of European states see Ukraine inside and Russia outside the European security order. Susan Stewart, Céline Marangé and Kai-Olaf Lang explain why such an order is emerging and what might prevent it.

SWP Podcast 2025/eP 04, 18.11.2025

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War in the Middle East

On 7 October 2023, Hamas and other groups launched a large-scale attack on Israel, marking a new phase in the conflict in the Middle East. The war spread across the region, Gaza was devastated. A ceasefire was announced in October 2025, but the latest escalation between Iran, Israel and the US has increased the likelihood of the conflict spreading further. What interests and options do the various parties have, and what approaches are there for sustainable conflict management?

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- S. Avrutin
- R. Steenkamp
- A. Oschlies
- U. Bernitt
- Miranda Böttcher
- N. Mengis
- A. Proelss
Monitoring Environmental Impacts of mCDR Field Tests

in: CDRmare HUB Workshop Report. GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany, 19 pp.

doi: 10.3289/CDRmare.58
- Michael Bayerlein
- Prachi Agarwal
- Bettina Rudloff
Securing the EU’s Medical Supply Chains: Setting the Legal and Economic Scene for Achieving Import Diversification

in: Zeitung für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (ZaöRV), 85 (2025) 4, pp. 1119-1162

doi:10.17104/0044-2348-2025-4-1119

Dossiers

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Russia's war against Ukraine and its consequences

Since February 24, 2022, Russia has been waging a war of aggression against Ukraine - with repercussions on a global scale. A new dossier bundles publications and media contributions on the war and its consequences.

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Climate Policy and Politics

Climate change is considered by many states and non-state actors to be one of the most important global challenges of the 21st century. Greenhouse gas emissions must be drastically reduced, while adaptation measures are essential to limit the consequences, and affected regions must deal with loss and damage.

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Cybersecurity and Digital Policy: The Role of the Digital in International Politics

Digital Foreign Policy, Cyber-Security, International Law & Human Rights, Regional Perspectives. The dossier seeks to offer orientation in this complex field and offers compilations of relevant publications by SWP authors in the respective fields.

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Forced Displacement and Migration

The dossier introduces the topics of International Migration Trends; Forced Displacement, Migration and Development; International Cooperation; European Migration and Refugee Policy; and National Migration and Refugee Policy, and pools publications by SWP authors.

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European elections 2024 and the EU's next strategic agenda

From 6 to 9 June 2024, the citizens of the European Union will elect a new parliament. This dossier looks at how this will affect EU institutions, their political priorities and the European party landscape.

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