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Angela Stanzel
Natalia Corbo
Ke-Ching Lin

Washington’s Volatility and Taipei’s Security

Taiwan’s Defence Quandary Creates Openings for Europe

SWP Comment 2026/C 25, 01.07.2026, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C25

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Gerrit Kurtz

Peace in Crisis: Conflict Management in the Horn of Africa

SWP Research Paper 2026/RP 10, 17.06.2026, 33 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026RP10

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Miranda Böttcher

Ambiguity in Ocean Governance

The Advisory Opinion of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Climate Change

SWP Comment 2026/C 24, 17.06.2026, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C24

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Elie Cavigneaux

Untapped Potential at the European Public Prosecutor’s Office

Expand the Mandate to Include Sanctions Enforcement

SWP Comment 2026/C 23, 16.06.2026, 6 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C23v02

Demo flight of an eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) in Shenzhen, a major Chinese tech hub (stock photo) — © picture alliance / Xinhua News Agency | Mao Siqian

Nadine Godehardt
Zhang Xin

China’s Emergence as a Volumetric State

The Volumetric Dimension of the 15th Five-Year Plan and Beyond

SWP Comment 2026/C 22, 12.06.2026, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C22

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250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: U.S. democracy under pressure

As the United States marks its 250th birthday, questions about the state of U.S. democracy, domestic developments, and foreign policy loom large. Sascha Lohmann and Johannes Thimm discuss the State of the Union and what a changing United States means for the future of transatlantic relations.

SWP Podcast 2026/eP 02, 29.06.2026

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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

- Johannes Bednar
- Artem Baklanov
- Andy Reisinger
- Oliver Geden
Perspectives on Switzerland's net-negative target after 2050

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Laxenburg, March 2026, 82pp
- Jake Benford
- Nicolai von Ondarza
The EU in Search of New Partners

in: Internationale Politik Quarterly, IPQ 3/2026, June 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.

A police officer from a special unit inspects a site after an airstrike by Russian forces in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine. — © picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Leo Correa

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.

Straßburg, 25.04.2024: Ein großes Plakat an der Außenseite des EU-Parlaments in Straßburg weist auf die anstehenden EU-Wahlen hin. — © picture alliance / Panama Pictures | Dwi Anoraganingrum

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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