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

Coordination

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
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 Associate

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
Jelizaveta Ternovaja, M.A.

Information and Data Manager

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

SWP Publications

- Andrea Schmitz
- Franziska Smolnik
Reconfigurations in the Post-Soviet South

Dynamics and Change in Eurasia

SWP Comment 2024/C 58, 19.12.2024, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024C58
- Barbara Lippert
- Stefan Mair (eds.)
Neue Verhältnisse – schwierige Beziehungen

Europa – USA – »Globaler Süden«

SWP-Studie 2024/S 24, 17.12.2024, 53 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024S24
- Janis Kluge
The Russian Economy at a Turning Point
- German
As the War Boom Ends, the Kremlin Faces Growing Economic Risks

SWP Comment 2024/C 53, 29.11.2024, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024C53
- Janis Kluge
Russlands Wirtschaft am Wendepunkt
- English
Mit dem Ende des russischen Kriegsbooms steigen die wirtschaftlichen Risiken für den Kreml

SWP-Aktuell 2024/A 59, 26.11.2024, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024A59
- Franziska Smolnik
- Giorgi Tadumadze
Parlamentswahl in Georgien: Die Kontroversen bleiben

Die Parlamentswahl in Georgien war von Kontroversen über den Kurs des Landes geprägt. Wenig deutet kurz nach der Wahl darauf hin, dass sich die innenpolitische Krise entschärft oder die Beziehung zwischen Tbilisi und Brüssel einfacher wird, meinen Franziska Smolnik und Giorgi Tadumadze.

Kurz gesagt, 30.10.2024
- Susan Stewart
Ukraine during the Russian War of Aggression
- German
The Nexus between Internal Developments and EU Accession

SWP Research Paper 2024/RP 13, 06.09.2024, 35 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024RP13

External publications

- Sabine Fischer
Russlands Haltung zu Verhandlungen

Kommentar, in: Ukraine-Analysen: Friedensverhandlungen, Nr. 306, 15.11.2024, S. 7–9, 3 Pages
- Andrea Schmitz
Islam und säkularer Staat in Usbekistan. Von der Religion zur Staatsdoktrin

in: Osteuropa 8–10/2024, S. 133–146, 14 Pages

doi:10.35998/oe-2024-064
- Sabine Fischer
- Samuel Charap
Ukraine: Kann Kiew den Krieg gegen Russland noch gewinnen? Streitgespräch zweier Experten

Interview von René Pfister, in: Spiegel, Nr. 40, 28.09.2024
- Sabine Fischer
»Putin war von Anfang an aggressiv, chauvinistisch und sexistisch«

Osteuropa-Expertin Sabine Fischer über Friedensverhandlungen, die ukrainische Offensive und warum Russland sich im Inneren fundamental ändern muss.

Interview von Michael Hesse, in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 08.09.2024
- Margarete Klein
- Helmut W. Ganser
- Manfred Sapper
Eskalation oder Verhandlungen? Nach der ukrainischen Kursk-Offensive

Moderation von Claus Heinrich, in: SWR Kultur, Forum, 28.08.2024
- Margarete Klein
Margarete Klein: Russland reagiert noch auf Einmarsch in Kursk

Interview von Anna Engelke, in: NDR, 23.08.2024

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.

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.