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July 14, 2024

On the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Astana

The contours of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as a Eurasian organisation were thus sharpened at the meeting in Astana. The summit could be the harbinger of significant geopolitical developments in Central Asia and Eurasia in the coming years. But the organisation also wants to play a greater role in global issues. The text originally appeared in German in the IPG Journal on July 5, 2024.

March 17, 2024

Will strategic autonomy of the emerging middle powers succeed?

While emerging middle powers also represent a heterogeneous group in terms of their historic development, economic weight, and national interests, at present moment all of them are united by the desire to reform the existing framework of the global world order. Currently, there are several indications that they may succeed in this challenging endeavor. This text is featured in the second issue (November 2023) of the "State of the World" periodical published by InterRegional for Strategic Analysis (Abu Dhabi).

June 19, 2023

Cold War 2.0 and the future security architecture in Europe

When we build an architecture, we want to build something solid and sustainable that will last for a long time, where you can spend your own life and preferably still bequeath to children and grandchildren. An architecture must be based on a stable foundation! For it, it is necessary to think about how we design a global peace and security architecture that should primarily serve to secure peace. This short presentation took place on May 25, 2023 within the framework of the discussion series "Zeitenwende in der Sicherheitspolitik" at the University of Halle in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

April 27, 2023

Peace and security policy challenges caused by the war in Ukraine

With the Russian aggression against Ukraine, European and global peace and security policy has entered a new era that must be shaped politically, militarily, economically and culturally. The geopolitical upheavals and challenges are fundamental and multifaceted. Dealing with them requires the development of new concepts and approaches that can help to constructively counter the growing regional and global instability.