Eastern Europe, Eurasia

The Eastern Europe and Eurasia Division explores political structures, social processes and developments in foreign, security and military policy in the post-Soviet states of Eastern Europe and Eurasia, in particular Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the South Caucasus and Central Asia.

SWP Publications
External publications
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Contact

osteuropa.eurasien@swp-berlin.org

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
Georg Schneider

Student Assistant

georg.schneider@swp-berlin.org
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

SWP Publications

- Franziska Smolnik
- Giorgi Tadumadze
Georgia at a Crossroads
- German
Democratic Backsliding and Turning Away from Pro-Western Course

SWP Comment 2025/C 27, 20.06.2025, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025C27
- Franziska Smolnik
- Giorgi Tadumadze
Georgien am Scheideweg
- English
Rückbau demokratischer Errungenschaften und Abkehr von prowestlichem Kurs

SWP-Aktuell 2025/A 26, 03.06.2025, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025A26
- Nikolay Petrov
The “Donbasisation” of Russia

How Occupation Is Influencing Russia’s Political System

SWP Comment 2025/C 22, 22.05.2025, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025C22
- Sabine Fischer
‘Everything about Ukraine without Ukraine’
- German
Peace Negotiations in Trump’s Brave New World

SWP Comment 2025/C 14, 10.04.2025, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025C14
- Sabine Fischer
Alles über die Ukraine ohne die Ukraine
- English
Friedensverhandlungen in Trumps schöner neuer Welt

SWP-Aktuell 2025/A 12, 03.04.2025, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025A12
The Political Transition in Syria: Regional and International Interests
- German
SWP Comment 2025/C 11, 18.03.2025, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025C11

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External publications

- Sabine Fischer
Ungleiche Gegner

Donald Trump hat eine neue Asymmetrie zwischen der Ukraine und Russland geschaffen

in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Nr. 148, Die Gegenwart, S. 6, 30.06.2025
- Sabine Fischer
Die NATO rüstet auf – wie reagiert Putin?

Podcast von Anne Will, in: Politik mit Anne Will, RTL+, 26.06.2025
- Sabine Fischer
Trumps unterschätztes Geschenk für den Kreml

Kommentar, in: Focus, Nr. 22, S. 38, 23.05.2025
- 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

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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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Celina Thadewaldt