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- Paweł Tokarski
Europe’s fiscal–geopolitical vicious circle

Europe’s growing debt burden and geopolitical tensions are reinforcing each other: A lack of fiscal space is weakening the European Union’s strategic capacity to act, while external factors are putting further pressure on public finances, writes Paweł Tokarski.

Point of View, 11.11.2025
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- Margarete Klein
- Susan Stewart
Military-Patriotic Education in Russia

How the Next Generation Is Being Brought Into Line with the Regime

SWP Comment 2025/C 46, 10.11.2025, 8 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025C46
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- Yaşar Aydın
Geopolitics on Wheels: The Repositioning of the Turkish Automotive Industry

SWP Comment 2025/C 45, 10.11.2025, 8 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025C45
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- Céline Marangé
- Susan Stewart
The Tipping Point: An Emerging Model of European Security with Ukraine and without Russia

SWP Research Paper 2025/RP 05, 06.11.2025, 96 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025RP05
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- Alexandra Paulus
Europe’s Cybersecurity Depends on the United States

Europe Can and Must Do More

SWP Comment 2025/C 44, 05.11.2025, 7 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025C44

Megatrends Afrika: Why should Europe re-engage with the Sahel’s military-led states?

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- Denis M. Tull
- Lisa Tschörner
Megatrends Afrika: Why should Europe re-engage with the Sahel’s military-led states?

After military coups in Mali and Niger, the EU is struggling to chart a course in the Sahel that reconciles the diverse interests of European member states with political realities on the ground. Denis Tull and Lisa Tschörner explain why and how the EU should re-engage with the region.

SWP Podcast 2025/eP 03, 07.11.2025

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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?

Further publications

- Charlotte Unger
- Sonja Thielges
From Bush to Trump: 25 Years of U.S. Climate Policy Roller Coaster

in: Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, 05.11.2025

doi:10.1007/s12399-025-01070-5
- Katherine Baldwin
- Kristina Mensah
- Laura Tiehen
- Bettina Rudloff
Mitigating food security impacts from crisis in high-income countries: lessons from different contexts

in: Food Policy, Volume 137, November 2025

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102956

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

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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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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United Nations and Sustainable Development

Sustainable development aims to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The United Nations committed itself to this guiding principle in the early 1990s. How has global sustainability policy developed since then?
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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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