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SWP in the media

- Wolfram Lacher
- Emadeddin Badi
A Power Grab Backfires in Tripoli

Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabeiba has set off a series of events destabilizing western Libya, but the structural forces behind the country’s wider stalemate remain strong

in: New Lines Magazine, May 28, 2025
- Nicolai von Ondarza
Is Brexit finally done?

Hosted by Bronwen Maddox, with Rod Liddle, in: Independent Thinking, Podcast, Chatham House, 23.05.2025
- Nicolai von Ondarza
Can Europe replace the US as a global power?

by Bronwen Maddox, with Creon Butler and Olivia O’Sullivan, in: Independent Thinking, Chatham House, 28.03.2025 (Audio)
- Nicolai von Ondarza
Germany rearms – Can Europe go it alone?

by Gavin Esler, in: This Is Not A Drill, Podcast, Spotify, 27.03.2025

12.03.2024
Designation of the German Association for East European Studies as “undesirable” in the Russian Federation

The German Association for East European Studies (DGO) has been declared an “undesirable organisation” by the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. The same measure had already been instituted against the German Centre for…
12.07.2023
Statement concerning defamatory allegations against our senior fellow Dr Muriel Asseburg

Our esteemed colleague Dr Muriel Asseburg has recently been subjected to personal defamation and unfounded allegations relating to a long-form interview on the topic of “Escalation in the Middle East” (in German) conducted by Tilo…
28.02.2023
Statement on the defamation campaign against our researcher Dr Azadeh Zamirirad

In recent weeks there have been repeated attempts to slander our staff member Dr Azadeh Zamirirad on social media, to exclude her from public discourse and to cast aspersions on her professional integrity.

The German Institute…
08.12.2021
Rectification of False Reports about Our Researcher Dr. Isabelle Werenfels

In an article entitled “A German Secret Service Report Reveals Berlin’s Ambitions in North Africa” published on December 1, 2021 by Tunisie-Telegraph.com and in a slightly amended form on December 2, 2021 by rue.20.com and since…

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