Dr. sc. pol. Kai-Olaf Lang
Research Division:
EU/Europe Senior Fellow
Areas of Expertise
- Baltic countries
- Central and Eastern Europe
- EU Eastern Partnership
- EU enlargement policy
- European Union
SWP Publications
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Turning the EU into a Life Insurance Policy
German European Policy in Times of Upheaval
SWP Comment 2025/C 24, 27.05.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C24
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Ukraine’s possible EU accession and its consequences
The European Council has granted Ukraine candidate status. Despite political momentum, the road into the EU will be long and arduous. What challenges do the EU and Ukraine face in preparing for accession and eventual admission? This 360 Degrees was coordinated by Nicolai von Ondarza.
360 degrees, 22.07.2022 -
Friends in Need
The Corona Pandemic Changes the Landscape of Groups and Coalitions in the EU
SWP Comment 2020/C 26, 08.06.2020, 4 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2020C26
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Nord Stream 2 – A Political and Economic Contextualisation
SWP Research Paper 2017/RP 03, 09.03.2017, 39 Pages -
Energy in the German-Polish Relationship
Acknowledging Controversies – Pursuing Shared Interests
SWP Comment 2017/C 04, 10.02.2017, 8 Pages -
EU Options on Russia and the Eastern Partners
“Cooperative Confrontation” as the Guiding Principle beyond the Riga Summit
SWP Comment 2015/C 32, 13.05.2015, 7 Pages
External publications
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Partnership for Enlargement: A new way to integrate Ukraine and the EU’s eastern neighbourhood
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Policy Paper, 17.06.2022 -
Can Brussels save democracy?: the lacking effectiveness of EU democracy policy towards member states
in: Weronika Priesmeyer-Tkocz (ed.), Common Values: discussing German and Polish perceptions of European Integration. Baden-Baden: Nomos, January 2017, pp.13-29 -
Germany, the European Union, and Their Gentle Force in the European Neighbourhood - A Comparison of Two Soft Power Engines
in: Toms Rostoks, Andris Spruds (eds.): The Different Faces of "Soft Power": The Baltic States and Eastern Neighborhood between Russia and the EU, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Riga, 2015, pp. 30-62 -
The Myth of German Hegemony
Why Berlin Can't Save Europe Alone
in: Foreign Affairs, 02.10.2012 (online) -
Preserving the Alliance, Going European and Knotting Direct Ties
Poland's Euroatlanticism in Transition
in: Peter Schmidt (ed.)A Hybrid RelationshipTransatlantic Security Cooperation beyond NATOSeries: Internationale Sicherheit Vol. 7 (edited by Heinz Gärtner), Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, pp. 221-234 -
Populism in "Old" and "New" Europe
Trends and Implications
in: Martin Bútora et al. (eds.)Democracy and Populism in Central Europe: The Visegrad Elections and Their AftermathBratislava 2007, pp. 125-140