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.

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SWP Publications
External publications
Projects

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
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
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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

- Nadja Douglas
Security Politics “from Below”
- German
Why the OSCE Should Systematically Incorporate Civil Society Expertise and Engagement to Remain Relevant in Matters of Peace and Security

SWP Comment 2025/C 35, 30.07.2025, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025C35
- Nadja Douglas
Sicherheitspolitik »von unten«
- English
Warum die OSZE Expertise und Engagement der Zivilgesellschaft systematischer einbinden sollte, um in Fragen von Sicherheit und Frieden relevant zu bleiben

SWP-Aktuell 2025/A 36, 23.07.2025, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025A36
- 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

External publications

- Nadja Douglas
Zum 50er kämpft die OSZE ums Überleben

Interview von Jürgen Streihammer, in: Die Presse, 31.07.2025
- Nadja Douglas
Warum die OSZE noch gebraucht wird

Standpunkt, in: Table.Media, Table.Briefing: Security, Ausgabe 311, 28.07.2025
- Nadja Douglas
Moldau: Auf der Überholspur in Richtung EU-Beitritt

Interview von Martha Georgiew, in: ORF, Europa-Journal, 18.07.2025
- Sabine Fischer
Frieden mit Russland: Wann und Wie? | Völkerrecht: Legal, illegal, ganz egal?

in: Sicherheitspod. Podcast für Sicherheitspolitik, Folge 97, 11.07.2025 (Audio)
- Nadja Douglas
Unerschlossenes Potenzial – Die OSZE und die Zivilgesellschaft in Fragen von Frieden und Sicherheit

in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ), Nr. 29–31, 11.07.2025, 46–53, 8 Pages
- Sabine Fischer
Ukraine-Krieg nachgehakt: Aus den Augen...? - Die Ukraine und die Kriege in Nahost

in: Phoenix, 08.07.2025 (Video)

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.