Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

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Turkey’s “Year of the Family” 2025

Authoritarian Trends and Political Economy of Anti-Gender Politics

SWP Comment 2026/C 14, 30.03.2026, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C14

An official with binoculars standing behind three flags — © picture-alliance/ dpa | Soeren Stache

With, Without, Against Washington: Redefining Europe’s Relations With the United States

SWP Research Paper 2026/RP 05, 27.03.2026, 81 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026RP05

The Bangladeshi Parliament Building on the eve of the parliamentary election — © picture alliance / NurPhoto | Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Tobias Scholz
Leo Wigger

Bangladesh’s Political Realignment after the Parliamentary Elections

Hope for Stability, Concerns about Democratic Pluralism

SWP Comment 2026/C 13, 26.03.2026, 5 Pages

doi:10.18449/2026C13

Ekrem İmamoğlu mit erhobener Hand und Mikrophon vor dem Gerichtsgebäude in Istanbul. — © picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Emrah Gurel

Yaşar Aydın

The Case of İmamoğlu: Justice as an Instrument of Power in Turkey

The trial against Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, is about more than a criminal prosecution. It reflects an escalating power struggle between the government and the opposition, with consequences for the judiciary, politics, and the coming elections, argues Yaşar Aydın.

Point of View, 19.03.2026

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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

Die Flaggen der EU, der Ukraine und der NATO während des Treffens der EU-Verteidigungsminister 2025 — © picture alliance / NurPhoto | Aleksander Kalka

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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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

Felix Schenuit

Defending Net-Zero: A New Role for Carbon Dioxide Removal

Zentrum für Liberale Moderne, Policy Brief, 02.04.2026
Hürcan Aslı Aksoy

Unpacking the Epstein Case and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order

in: Women in Foreign Policy (WFP) Perspectives 2025: Women, World Politics, and Turkey, pp. 4-7

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

Cybersecurity keyboard — © Moffett Towers

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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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

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