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- Yaşar Aydın
PKK Disarms – But Will This Bring Peace?

The PKK is laying down its arms, after decades of armed struggle. But how secure is the peace process, amidst the region’s geopolitical power struggle. A democratic solution to the Kurdish question remains a distant prospect, argues Yaşar Aydın.

Point of View, 15.07.2025
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- Liviu Horovitz
US Extended Nuclear Deterrence in Europe: Three Scenarios

Crisis of Trust, Breach of Trust and Full Disengagement

SWP Comment 2025/C 32, 10.07.2025, 7 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025C32
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- Gerrit Kurtz
Protecting Civilians in Sudan

Even without a Ceasefire, There Are Ways to Curb the Brutal Violence against the Civilian Population

SWP Comment 2025/C 31, 08.07.2025, 8 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025C31
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- Jakob Bund
Hand and Glove: How Authoritarian Cyber Operations Leverage Non-state Capabilities

An Integrated Understanding of Both Is Required to Recalibrate Political and Legal Responses

SWP Comment 2025/C 30, 26.06.2025, 8 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025C30
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- Alexandra Sakaki
Japan in Southeast Asia: Countering China’s Growing Influence

SWP Research Paper 2025/RP 01, 25.06.2025, 39 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025RP01

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- Nikolay Petrov
The second front in Putin’s war: The Russification of Ukraine’s occupied territories

Nearly three years since Putin’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia controls much of eastern and southern Ukraine. Nikolay Petrov explains how and why the Kremlin pushes for the “Russification” of the occupied territories.

SWP Podcast 2024/eP 06, 18.12.2024

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In Focus

War in the Middle East

On 7 October 2023, Hamas and other groups launched an attack on Israel, killing civilians and abducting around 250 people to the Gaza Strip. This marked a new phase in the Middle East conflict. Israel subsequently weakened the 'Axis of Resistance' militarily. In the Gaza Strip, tens of thousands were killed and livelihoods were destroyed. Since the Israeli attacks of 13 June 2025, Iran and Israel have been at war, and the USA participated in for the first time in military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. As a result, the military balance of power in the region has shifted significantly. There is a risk of an expansion of the war with far-reaching consequences. What are the interests and options of the various parties involved, and what approaches are there for achieving sustainable conflict management?

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- Jan Hagemejer
- Tobias Stoll
- Bettina Rudloff
- Kristina Mensah
An update on the economic, sustainability and regulatory effects of the trade part of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement

European Parliament, Study Requested by the INTA committee, PE 754.476, June 2025
- Sonja Thielges
Turning Climate Protection into an Economic Success Story

Foreign policy challenges and opportunities for Germany and the EU

in: American-German Institute, 11.07.2025

Dossiers

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Climate Policy and Politics

It is considered one of the greatest threats of the 21st century: climate change. How can we reduce greenhouse gas emissions? And how can we deal with the consequences? This dossier provides an overview of the many challenges facing climate policy at European and international level.
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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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Sustainability and Energy

The dossier deals with developments in the field of sustainability and energy. It displays publications and other products by SWP researchers that track international and European policy processes, and discuss recommendations for action.
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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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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) advises the German Bundestag and the German government as well as international organisations on questions concerning foreign and security policy.