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- Peter Becker
- Ronja Kempin
Strengthening Europe’s Defence Capabilities through Clear Tasks and Objectives

To Secure Additional Funding, the EU Must First Define Its Security Priorities

SWP Comment 2025/C 38, 19.08.2025, 7 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025C38
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- Helge Adrians
Russia’s Naval Build-up at Lake Ladoga

NATO Must Increase Its Long-range Fire Capabilities in the Baltic Sea Region

SWP Comment 2025/C 37, 11.08.2025, 7 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025C37
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- Sinem Adar
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
- Minna Ålander
- Alberto Bueno
- Alessia Chiriatti
- Antonia Dimou
- Paul T. Levin
- Nicolas Monceau
- Günter Seufert
- Eduard Soler i Lecha
- Maryna Vorotnyuk
- Karol Wasilewski
Alignment of Necessity

Turkey’s Role in the Future European Security Architecture

SWP Comment 2025/C 36, 07.08.2025, 8 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025C36
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- Yaşar Aydın
Turkey’s Industrial and Supply Chain Policy

Goals and Prospects for German-Turkish Economic Cooperation and Bilateral Relations

SWP Research Paper 2025/RP 02, 04.08.2025, 36 Pages
doi:10.18449/2025RP02
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- Nadja Douglas
Security Politics “from Below”

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

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- Nikolay Petrov
The second front in Putin’s war: The Russification of Ukraine’s occupied territories

Nearly three years since Putin’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia controls much of eastern and southern Ukraine. Nikolay Petrov explains how and why the Kremlin pushes for the “Russification” of the occupied territories.

SWP Podcast 2024/eP 06, 18.12.2024

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In Focus

War in the Middle East

On 7 October 2023, Hamas and other groups launched an attack on Israel, killing civilians and abducting around 250 people to the Gaza Strip. This marked a new phase in the Middle East conflict. Israel subsequently weakened the 'Axis of Resistance' militarily. In the Gaza Strip, tens of thousands were killed and livelihoods were destroyed. Since the Israeli attacks of 13 June 2025, Iran and Israel have been at war, and the USA participated in for the first time in military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. As a result, the military balance of power in the region has shifted significantly. There is a risk of an expansion of the war with far-reaching consequences. What are the interests and options of the various parties involved, and what approaches are there for achieving sustainable conflict management?

Further publications

- Inga Carry
- Melanie Müller
- Meike Schulze
The EU’s External Raw Materials Strategy: Key Fields for Action

Building Resilient Partnerships and Advancing Local Value Creation

Research Division Africa and Middle East | Working Paper Nr. 01, August 2025
- Annegret Bendiek
- Jonas Hemmelskamp
EU Cyber Posture: Why Cyber Deterrence does not work (yet)

Research Division EU/Europe, Working Paper Nr. 07/2025, August 2025, 20 pages
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Dossiers

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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.
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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.
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Climate Policy and Politics

It is considered one of the greatest threats of the 21st century: climate change. How can we reduce greenhouse gas emissions? And how can we deal with the consequences? This dossier provides an overview of the many challenges facing climate policy at European and international level.
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Energy Policy

Due to the interdependencies in the energy markets, the international dimension of energy policy is becoming increasingly important. Instead of mere security of supply, the focus is shifting to the question of an ecologically, economically and socially compatible energy supply.
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United Nations and Sustainable Development

Sustainable development aims to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The United Nations committed itself to this guiding principle in the early 1990s. How has global sustainability policy developed since then?
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) advises the German Bundestag and the German government as well as international organisations on questions concerning foreign and security policy.