Dossier: Russia’s War Against Ukraine

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Russia’s attack on Ukraine on February 24, violating international law, shocked the global community and brought war to Europe – along with fears of a nuclear escalation. Europe and its allies are responding with tough sanctions against Russia in the areas of finance, energy, and technology. In a sudden change of course, the German government has approved arms deliveries that it had previously rejected. While international appeals for a ceasefire are being made to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, one thing is already clear: the European security order as we knew it no longer exists. The German government’s radical U-turn in security and defense policy is only one facet of that.

This dossier provides an overview of DGAP’s diverse expertise and activities on the conflict. See below for statements on current developments, in-depth analyses on how it could have come to this, and recommendations for action to the German government, as well as numerous interviews and high-profile discussion panels.

Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik engagiert sich für eine nachhaltige deutsche und europäische Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, die auf Demokratie, Frieden und Rechtsstaatlichkeit ausgerichtet ist. Diese Werte müssen angesichts des völkerrechtswidrigen Angriffskriegs Russlands auf die Ukraine erst recht mit allen Mitteln verteidigt werden. Im Rahmen unserer langjährigen Arbeit zur Region haben wir ein Netzwerk von Partnern und Alumni in der Ukraine aufgebaut. Mit ihnen fühlen wir uns in diesen Zeiten besonders verbunden.

Hier finden Sie Informationen für unsere Alumni und Partner vor Ort sowie DGAP-Mitglieder, die helfen möchten.

Recent publications

Photo of EU President Michel hugging Ukrainian President Zelenskiy during an April visit to Kyiv

Time to Recognize Ukraine as European and Shake Up the EU Enlargement Process

The EU has seen enlargement as a technical process of building convergence in norms to the benefit of candidate countries. It has regarded geopolitical considerations as external to this process and incompatible with the imperative of domestic reform. Yet now – more than ever – a union of norms is not only a geopolitical union but also to the benefit of the EU itself. The EU’s response to Russia’s war on the rules-based international order must be to offer a clear European perspective to both the three Eastern applicants and the accession candidates in the Western Balkans.

Eastern Pulse – the podcast on the repercussions of Russia’s war in Ukraine as they relate to Germany, Central and Eastern Europe, and beyond. These podcast mini-series are jointly hosted by DGAP in Berlin and GLOBSEC in Bratislava.

In this second episode, we are looking at Russia, and its goals in the war in Ukraine in the context of the highly anticipated speech President Vladimir Putin gave on May 9. He delivered it as part of a traditional military parade at the center of Moscow. The occasion celebrated the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.

Artikelsammlung der Zeitschrift Internationale Politik

Bild: Cover Dosser Russland-Krise

Wie konnte es zur russischen Invation in der Ukraine kommen, hätte man Wladimir Putin aufhalten können, was treibt Russlands Präsidenten an? Darüber haben Autorinnen und Autoren aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Publizistik in den vergangenen 5 Jahren immer wieder in der IP geschrieben und gesprochen. Eine Auswahl der besten Analysen, Essays und Interviews von 2017 bis 2022.

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A Sovereign Europe ... and Russia

The EU member states have failed to create a common approach in their dealings with Putin’s Russia. There are a number of steps that they can and should take to forge a united front.