Dr. phil. Sabine Fischer
Eastern Europe, Eurasia Senior Fellow
Areas of Expertise
- Russian Federation
- Civil wars
Foreign and security policy of Russia, EU-Russia relations, unsolved conflicts in EU's Eastern Neighbourhood, regional relations in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Working GroupsShort Curriculum vitae
Since 05/2021 Senior Fellow, Research Division Eastern Europe and Eurasia, SWP
2018–2021 Team Leader, Public Diplomacy. EU and Russia Project, Goethe Institute Moscow
Since 2017 Member of the Advisory Board of Russland-Analysen
Since 2016 Member of the Advisory Board of the FES Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe, Vienna
Since 2015 Member of the Petersburger Dialog e.V.
Since 2014 Member of the Board of the German Association for East European Studies (DGO), since 2021 Executive Board
2012–2018 Head of Research Division, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, SWP
05/2015 Visiting Fellow, Carnegie Moscow Center
2007–2012 Senior Research Fellow at the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris
1997–2006 Institute for East European Studies at the Free University of Berlin, The Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
SWP Publications
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‘Everything about Ukraine without Ukraine’
Peace Negotiations in Trump’s Brave New World
SWP Comment 2025/C 14, 10.04.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C14
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Significant and Sound: US Medium-Range Missiles in Germany
SWP Comment 2024/C 30, 29.07.2024, 4 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C30
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Putin’s “Re-election”
An Undemocratic, Authoritarian Plebiscite
SWP Comment 2024/C 09, 13.03.2024, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C09
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Diplomacy in the Context of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Continuation of war by other means
SWP Comment 2023/C 53, 13.11.2023, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C53
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Russian Federation: No Sustainable Development in Wartime
in: Country-level Politics around the SDGsContribution to a Research Paper 2023/RP 07, 10.07.2023, 75 Pages, pp. 51–55
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What the Prospect of a Prolonged War Means for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
One year after the massive attack on Ukraine, the Kremlin is sticking to its maximum goals, a negotiated settlement is not in sight. How a prolonged war can affect Russia, Ukraine and Belarus is analysed in this 360 degrees. Margarete Klein coordinated the publication.
360 degrees, 20.02.2023
External publications
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Epistemic Communities in EU–Russia Relations: A Dialogue of the Deaf?
in: Romanova T., David M. (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of EU–Russia Relations: Structures, Actors, Issues, Routledge, London 2021, 335–344, 10 Pagesdoi:10.4324/9781351006262-35
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2021: Another Sad Year for EU–Russia Relations
in: Carnegie Moscow Center, 19.02.2021 -
Dimensions and Trajectories of Russian Foreign Policy
in: IAI Papers 20/08, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), April 2020, 1–14, 14 Pages -
Alternative Futures of EU–Russia Relations in 2030
EUREN Report 2, November 2020, 1–20, 20 Pages -
What Russia Doesn’t Get about Germany
in: Carnegie Moscow Center, 23.09.2020 -
Selective Engagement between the EU and Russia
EUREN Report 1, October 2018, 1–10, 10 Pages