Institut für Europäische Politik

Research, forum, training. Analysing topics of European politics and integration and bringing them to practical implementation. Our mission since 1959. The IEP is a non-profit organisation and one of the leading foreign and European policy research institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Events

WB2EU Ideas go public debate

Thursday, 23 March 2023 04:00 pm

One year after Chancellor Scholz's "Zeitenwende" speech, we want to shed light on the influence it had on the EU's enlargement policy towards the Western Balkans. Join the discussion with our WB2EU experts.

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Publications

Europe Talks Central Asia: European-German-Uzbek relations

Representatives of Uzbek and German think tanks met at the IInstitut für Europäische Politik" for an exchange of ideas. The talks focused on the amendments to the Uzbek constitution and Uzbekistan's relations with Germany and the EU.

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#10 UkraineMEMO: Ukrainian resilience – what is it about?

The resilience of the Ukrainian state against Russia's war of aggression has surprised many foreign observers. In this episode of UkraineMEMO, we talk to Oksana Huss about what factors have contributed to Ukraine's resilience.

The #RESILIOsnapshot series

With the help of experts and practitioners in their respective areas, the #RESILIOsnapshot series aims to define, operationalise, and analyse the resilience factors of the rule of law identified within the RESILIO model.

EU Enlargement – ‘Zeitenwende’ or old wine in new bottles?

Berlin Perspectives

The old debate on widening and deepening the EU is back. The EU needs to compose the right package between internal reforms and enlargement while at the same time adjusting its enlargement policy as such. Variable geometries of Europe can provide a helpful stepping stone.

Voices of Belarusian diaspora

Difficulties, challenges and opportunities - the publication "Voices of the Belarusian Diaspora" takes an analytical and practical look at Belarusian activists in exile.

The German “Zeitenwende”: implications for the European security architecture

Berlin Perspectives

Russia’s war against Ukraine has provoked significant changes in German foreign policy. It highlights the need to act as a guarantor of European security. Dr Jana Puglierin outlines the challenges this poses in this Berlin Perspectives.

Final event: Current challenges of the Belarusian diaspora

At a digital event in early December, the ConnectBY team presented the scientific study on the Belarusian diaspora in Germany and Ukraine and discussed it with representatives of the Belarusian diaspora, academia and politics.

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Projects

Future of European Integration

The rules and regulations of the EU, its foundations, structure and institutions, as well as current reform debates and long-term trends in European policy will be examined from the perspective of various actors and evaluated in an interdisciplinary manner.

Enlargement, Neighbourhood, Central Asia

European values such as democracy and the rule of law are promoted through research and empowerment projects. Narratives and institutional realities of EU-Turkey relations are analysed and ways out of the deadlocked relations are identified.

Germany and Europe

With studies and analyses, we actively shape German European policy and strengthen European understanding of it.

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IEP in the media

Phoenix talkshow: "Ukraine conference in Ramstein - battle tanks after all?"

Ljudmyla Melnyk, together with Egon Ramms (former General), Prof. Johannes Varwick (expert on international relations and European security) and Matthew Karnitschnig (POLITICO) discussed whether main battle tanks would be delivered to Ukraine after the meeting in Ramstein.

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phoenix runde korruption

Gemeinsam mit anderen Gästen hat Funda Tekin in der Phoenix Runde über den aktuellen Korruptionsskandal im Europäischen Parlament diskutiert. Die ganze Sendung gibt es in der ZDF Mediathek zum Nachschauen.

RBB 24 Talk show "The baltic states and the German Zeitenwende"

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What does the geographical proximity of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Russia mean for the three Baltic countries? And what is their relationship with Germany? IEP Director Dr Funda Tekin took part in a roundtable discussion on these and other questions.

Putins Krieg gegen die Ukraine - Mehr Waffen oder mehr Diplomatie?

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In the program "Phönix Runde" our colleague Lyudmyla Melnyk talked about the expectations in Ukraine towards the West.

The EU Asylum Agency: new agency, old challenges

A new EU asylum agency has been in place since December 2021. How does the agency operate and what are its goals? Vittoria Meißner examines these questions in an online contribution by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung).

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