Democracy
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Values-Based Realism and Its Enemies: How to Tackle the new Geopolitical ‘Realism’ from Left and Right
(Martens Centre Blog, together with Dr. Peter Hefele, uploaded on 24 February 2026) This year’s Davos World Economic Forum stood out for many things, not least the Greenland crisis, but it will also be known for two memorable speeches: Those of US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. While Trump’s 90 minute
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Would Péter Magyar Be a Better Hungarian Leader Than Viktor Orbán?
Asking for a friend… In all fairness, the short answer is: most likely, yes. Unless you’re Vladimir Putin or Donald Trump, both of whom emphatically agree that Orbán must stay in power. But from the point of view of most other people in Europe, Hungarian and non-Hungarian, the answer should be yes. Hungary’s parliamentary election
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Europe, Don’t Be a Scaredy-Cat!
Get onto your feet – now! While the tectonic plates below our feet keep shifting, and the global order keeps eroding, Europeans are still punching below their weight. The recent concerted push-back against Trump’s coercive plans for a US-annexation of Greenland illustrate how much Europe can gain from standing up to a bully. Here is
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The Cost of Failure
A Russian victory in Ukraine would reshape Europe In these days of hectic diplomacy around a ‘peace deal’ in Ukraine, it’s easy to lose sight of the long term and the big picture. There is a real possibility of a botched deal that leaves Ukraine weakened, Vladimir Putin triumphant, Europe in disarray and America withdrawn.
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„Welt in Unordnung -Gerechter Friede im Blick“
Die Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland stellt sich mit ihrer neuen Friedensdenkschrift den geopolitischen Realitäten unserer Zeit. Im Fadenkreuz der Schurken in Moskau, Peking und ja, auch Washington ist der Weg zu einem gerechten Frieden insbesondere in der Ukraine und in Europa steiniger denn je. In einer Welt in Unordnung mit zunehmender Gewalt und Bedrohungen unserer
Roland Freudenstein
Taking the Pulse: Are Information Operations Russia’s Most Potent Weapon Against Europe?
Carnegie Endownment
Roland Freudenstein
I stubbornly stick to the idea that Russia has a democratic future – written in 2021
Martens Centre
Roland Freudenstein
A critique of Ivan Krastev’s book ‚The Light that Failed‘
Martens Centre
Roland Freudenstein
Explaining the conflicting narratives on German unification – 20 years after the Wall came down.
Sage Journals
Gerlinde Niehus
Die Außenpolitik des demokratischen Spanien. In: Spanien heute. Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur. Hrsg. von Walther L. Bernecker und Klausch Dirscherl. Vervuert, 2004
Vervuert
Gerlinde Niehus
Die Außenpolitik Spaniens nach Franco. In: Spanien heute. Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur. Hrsg. von Walther L. Bernecker und Josef Oehrlein. Vervuert, 1991
de Gruyter
Gerlinde Niehus
Außenpolitik im Wandel. Die Außenpolitik Spaniens von der Diktatur Francos zur parlamentarischen Demokratie, Vervuert, Jan 1, 1989
Vervuert