Topics

Horizontal topics working groups

International cooperation in the context of systemic rivalry

Investigating the current situation and future possibilities for international cooperation in the context of systemic rivalry.
Reordering European security

Exploring the options for transforming and enhancing the European security order, and how the transition can best be accomplished.
The challenge of autocratisation

Investigating the global trend of autocratisation and the challenges this presents for Germany and Europe.
Economic and technological transformations

Examining the sweeping changes associated with disruptive economic and technological transformations, and the problems and opportunities this creates for Germany and Europe.

Dossiers

Challenges of the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy

Our dossier considers what the CFSP currently achieves, where the problems lie and how it could be reformed. Each of the five chapters contains a compilation of relevant publications by SWP researchers.

Dossier, last update: July 2024
Sustainability, Climate and Energy

The dossier deals with developments in the field of sustainability, climate and energy. It displays publications and other products by SWP researchers that track international and European policy processes, and discuss recommendations for action.

Dossier, last update: July 2024
Russia's war against Ukraine and its consequences

Since February 24, 2022, Russia has been waging a war of aggression against Ukraine - with repercussions on a global scale. A new dossier bundles publications and media contributions on the war and its consequences.

Dossier, last update: July 2024
Forced Displacement and Migration

The dossier introduces the topics of International Migration Trends; Forced Displacement, Migration and Development; International Cooperation; European Migration and Refugee Policy; and National Migration and Refugee Policy, and pools publications by SWP authors.

Dossier, last update: June 2024
European elections 2024 and the EU's next strategic agenda

From 6 to 9 June 2024, the citizens of the European Union will elect a new parliament. This dossier looks at how this will affect EU institutions, their political priorities and the European party landscape.

Dossier, last update: June 2024
Cybersecurity and Digital Policy: The Role of the Digital in International Politics

Digital Foreign Policy, Cyber-Security, International Law & Human Rights, Regional Perspectives. The dossier seeks to offer orientation in this complex field and offers compilations of relevant publications by SWP authors in the respective fields.

Dossier, last update: May 2024
North Korea: A Web of Conflicts

The dossier addresses the set of problems subsumed under the term “North Korea conflict”. It offers select SWP publications as well as further information which analyses the issue from different substantive and structural perspectives.

Dossier, last update: March 2023

In Focus

US presidential elections of 2024

In the 2024 US presidential election, we are likely to see a duel between incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Trump promises a radical departure from the status quo and his election would have a significant impact on US democracy, US foreign and economic policy, transatlantic relations and the international order. The outcome of the congressional elections and the resulting composition of Congress also matter for the future course of US policy. What are possible developments that Germany and Europe need to prepare for?
War in the Middle East

On 7 October 2023, Hamas launched massive attacks on Israel, resulting in the massacre of over 1,200 civilians. Since then, Israel has been waging a war against Hamas that has cost the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians and caused more than 1.7 million internally displaced persons as well as a disastrous humanitarian situation. The conflict has been escalating regionally and internationally, and the consequences are unforeseeable. What are the backgrounds, scenarios and policy options?