Eastern Europe, Eurasia

Head

Dr. phil. Margarete Klein

Head of Research Division

margarete.klein@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 256
Areas of Expertise
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Security and defence policy
- Russian Federation
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
Dr Janis Kluge

Deputy Head of Research Division

janis.kluge@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Economics, trade, resources
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Russian Federation
- Population trends
- Trade

Research

Dr. Nadja Douglas

Senior Associate

nadja.douglas@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 345
Areas of Expertise
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Moldova
Projects
- OSCE Think Tank Network
Dr. phil. Sabine Fischer

Senior Fellow

sabine.fischer@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Non-state violence
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Russian Federation
- Civil wars
Nikolay Petrov

Visiting Fellow
Areas of Expertise
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Russian Federation
- Elites and elite change
Dr. phil. Astrid Sahm

Visiting Fellow

astrid.sahm@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 474
Areas of Expertise
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Belarus
- Ukraine
- Democracy promotion
- Energy policy
- Environmental policy
Dr. phil. Andrea Schmitz

Senior Fellow

andrea.schmitz@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 204
Areas of Expertise
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Central Asia
Dr. Franziska Smolnik

Senior Fellow

franziska.smolnik@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Armenia
- Georgia
- Southern Caucasus
- Civil wars
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- Regional and interstate conflicts
Dr. rer. soc. Susan Stewart

Senior Fellow

susan.stewart@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 466
Areas of Expertise
- EU, Europe
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Russian Federation
- Ukraine
- EU Eastern Partnership

Research Support

Giorgi Tadumadze, M.A.

Research Assistant

giorgi.tadumadze@swp-berlin.org
Melanie Wetzel

Assistant

melanie.wetzel@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 347
Andrea Grillandi, M.A.

Information Research Specialist and Data Engineer

andrea.grillandi@swp-berlin.org
Simon Muschick

Information and Data Manager

simon.muschick@swp-berlin.org
Projects
- OSCE Think Tank Network
Jelizaveta Ternovaja, M.A.

Information and Data Manager

Jelizaveta.Ternovaja@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
Celina Thadewaldt

Student Assistant

celina.thadewaldt@swp-berlin.org

External publications

- Susan Stewart
Die Ukraine und die Europäische Union: Langsam aber sicher in Richtung Mitgliedschaft

in: Susann Worschech (Hg.), Freiheitsschauplatz: Ein Gesellschaftsportrait der Ukraine, Nomos, Baden-Baden, 16.04.2025, 49–68, 20 Pages

doi:10.5771/9783748937128-49
- Sabine Fischer
Eklat im Weißen Haus: Jetzt kommt es auf ein geeintes Europa an

Gastbeitrag, in: Zeit Online, 02.03.2025
- Viktor Stepanenko
- Susan Stewart
‘Who, If Not Us?’: Civic Activism and Defence in Wartime Ukraine

in: Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, February 2025, 1–17, 17 Pages

doi:10.1080/13511610.2025.2467214
- Susan Stewart
“There will be a very serious wake-up call if Europe fails to provide for its security”

Interview by Oleksiy Kandyuk, in: European Research Group of Support for Ukrainian Membership (ERGOSUM), 27.11.2024
- Julia Kazdobina
- Miriam Kosmehl
- Torben Schütz
- Susan Stewart
Bridging Security and Political Governance in Ukraine-EU Relations: How to Calibrate European Integration and Security Cooperation

Policy Paper, in: Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.), 18.12.2024, 20 Pages

doi:10.11586/2024190
- Sabine Fischer
Russlands Haltung zu Verhandlungen

Kommentar, in: Ukraine-Analysen: Friedensverhandlungen, Nr. 306, 15.11.2024, S. 7–9, 3 Pages

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Projects

Researchers from SWP and the Osrodek Studiów Wschodnich (Centre for Eastern Studies) in Warsaw conduct a German-Polish think-tank dialogue on political, social and economic developments in the post-Soviet states.
The aim of the project is to establish a broad and analytically sound understanding of the potential future role of the OSCE and to convey corresponding research results in the form of practical and concrete options for action - including suggestions for adjustments within the organization. In-depth consideration will also be given to the possible future positioning of the organization in the evolving European security architecture.

German-Polish Think-Tank Dialogue

Researchers from SWP and the Osrodek Studiów Wschodnich (Centre for Eastern Studies) in Warsaw conduct a German-Polish think-tank dialogue on political, social and economic developments in the post-Soviet states.
OSCE Think Tank Network

The aim of the project is to establish a broad and analytically sound understanding of the potential future role of the OSCE and to convey corresponding research results in the form of practical and concrete options for action - including suggestions for adjustments within the organization. In-depth consideration will also be given to the possible future positioning of the organization in the evolving European security architecture.

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