EU/Europe
The research division EU/Europe analyses the core challenges facing the European Union and Europe. Research focuses on policy areas, processes and concerns that shape the internal and external action of the European Union and its member states.
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Areas of Expertise
- United Kingdom
- Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)
- EU institutions
- European Union
- Political system of the European Union
- Principles of European integration
Projects
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Areas of Expertise
- Crisis management
- European Union
- Justice and Home Affairs in the EU
- Migration policy
- Political system of the European Union
- Terrorism
Research
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Areas of Expertise
- EU budget and finances
- EU internal market
- EU regional policy
- EU sectoral policies
- Economic Governance
- Principles of European integration
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Areas of Expertise
- Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
- Digital Policy and Cyber
- EU foreign policy
- European Union
Projects
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Areas of Expertise
- EU, Europe
- European Union
- Justice and Home Affairs in the EU
- Migration policy
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Areas of Expertise
- France
- Germany
- Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- EU foreign policy
- Populism
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Areas of Expertise
- Baltic countries
- Central and Eastern Europe
- EU Eastern Partnership
- EU enlargement policy
- European Union
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Areas of Expertise
- Agriculture policy
- Crisis management
- Development cooperation
- EU foreign trade policy
- Foreign trade policy
- Global nutrition
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Areas of Expertise
- Energy, climate, environment
- Europe
- Climate policy
- EU climate policy
Projects
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Areas of Expertise
- Economic Governance
- European Union
- Eurozone
- Financial and debt crisis
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Research Support
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Areas of Expertise
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Areas of Expertise
- Energy, climate, environment
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Ela Grudziewska-Klick, Dipl.-Bibl.
Information and Data Manager
SWP Publications
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Overshoot: Returning to 1.5°C Requires Net-negative Emissions Targets
SWP Comment 2025/C 47, 19.11.2025, 4 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C47
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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 -
Die EU im fiskal-geopolitischen Teufelskreis
Die wachsende Schuldenlast Europas und geopolitische Spannungen verstärken sich gegenseitig: Fehlender Haushaltsspielraum schwächt die strategische Handlungsfähigkeit der EU, während äußere Faktoren die öffentlichen Finanzen weiter unter Druck setzen, meint Paweł Tokarski.
Kurz gesagt, 07.11.2025 -
Poland: Solidifying Europe’s Security Order with Cracks inside the House
in: The Tipping Point: An Emerging Model of European Security with Ukraine and without RussiaContribution to a Research Paper 2025/RP 05, 06.11.2025, 96 Pages, pp. 43–49
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United Kingdom: Strong Supporter of Ukraine and Leader on European Security Outside the EU
in: The Tipping Point: An Emerging Model of European Security with Ukraine and without RussiaContribution to a Research Paper 2025/RP 05, 06.11.2025, 96 Pages, pp. 30–35
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Währungsmachtpolitik in der Welt der Dollar-Dominanz: China, die EU und die digitalen Zentralbankwährungen
in: Mehr Macht, weniger Markt – Denken und Handeln in der geoökonomischen ZeitenwendeBeitrag zu einer Sammelstudie 2025/S 16, 30.10.2025, 116 Pages, pp. 90–97
External publications
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Verschärfte Kontrollen - wo stehen wir bei der Grenzsicherung?
Moderation von Christoph Kober, mit Alexander Throm und Andreas Roßkopf, in: Mitreden! Deutschland diskutiert, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, 13.11.2025 (Video) -
»Eine ausgestorbene Tierart kommt nicht wieder«
Wenn die Welt das 1,5-Grad-Ziel verfehle, werde das Folgen haben, die man allenfalls teilweise rückgängig machen könne, warnt der Klimaforscher Oliver Geden. Ein Gespräch über die Frage, welche Optionen jetzt bleiben
Interview von Christoph von Eichhorn, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 11.11.2025, S. 12 -
Mitigating food security impacts from crisis in high-income countries: lessons from different contexts
in: Food Policy, Volume 137, November 2025doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102956
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Carbon dioxide removal in the G20 pledges: limited and lacking credibility
State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Insight Report, Oxford, October 2025doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/X8U9M
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Ein fluides Parlament: Veränderungen in der Zusammensetzung des Europäischen Parlaments vor und nach den Europawahlen 2024
in: Michael Kaeding, Manuel Müller, Alexander Hoppe (eds), Die Europawahl 2024. Springer VS, Cham, Oktober 2025doi:10.1007/978-3-031-96049-9_4
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Rechtsruck in Prag: Wohin steuert Tschechien?
Interview von Matthias Steinbrecher, in: Deutsche Welle, 06.10.2025 (Video)