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EU Climate Policy to 2040: Initial Steps towards More Flexibility and Effort Sharing

SWP Comment 2026/C 42, 16.10.2026, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C42

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Julian Pawlak

Sea Lanes at Risk, Maritime Order under Threat

Between Collective Defence and Global Power Projection: How Germany Can Retain Its Capacity to Act

SWP Comment 2026/C 41, 15.10.2026, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C41

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Peter Becker

The EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework for 2028–2034: New Conflicts of Interest

The tension between flexibility and predictability in spending policy

SWP Comment 2026/C 40, 07.10.2026, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C40

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Nadja Douglas
Jonas Hemmelskamp
Simon Muschick

Multilateral Cooperation and Confidence-Building in Cyberspace

The OSCE as a Laboratory for Cooperative Cybersecurity

SWP Comment 2026/C 39, 29.09.2026, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C39

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Canada’s Offer to Europe: More Than Just a Trading Partner

In its trade conflict with the United States, Canada is seeking a closer partnership with the European Union. Europeans should be prepared to take a clear position, argue Johannes Thimm and Nicolai von Ondarza.

Point of View, 16.09.2026

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Karoline Eickhoff
Emadeddin Badi
Fred Bauma

Megatrends Afrika: Chances and risks of US Deal-Making in Africa

US President Donald Trump claims to have ended conflicts across the globe, often using a distinctly transactional approach to negotiations. Karoline Eickhoff, Fred Bauma and Emadeddin Badi explore how US involvement is changing the dynamics of peace mediation in Africa, focusing on the DRC-Rwanda conflict and Libya.

SWP Podcast 2026/eP 04, 12.10.2026

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In Focus

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?

Further publications

Salim Çevik

Turkey’s Drift beyond Competitive Authoritarianism

in: European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Mediterranean Yearbook 2026 (online)
Jacopo Franceschini

Digital geopolitics and sovereignty: convergence and divergence between the EU and Turkey

in: Istanbul Policy Center (IPC), IPC-Mercator Analysis, October 2026

Dossiers

Windkraftanlagen am Braunkohletagebau Garzweiler. Im Hintergrund: das Kraftwerk Neurath, Nordrhein-Westfalen. — © picture alliance / imageBROKER | Stefan Ziese

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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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 dossier bundles SWP publications and media contributions on the war and its consequences.

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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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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.