In recent years, shifts in the global order are increasingly discussed. The rise of China and the resurgence of Russia’s global power ambitions challenge established rules and institutions. While it is almost undisputed that the Western liberal hegemony has come to an end, there is no consensus on what will follow and how a stable and peaceful global order can be built. Under these shifting conditions, Europe’s role and ability to be more than a spectator of processes shaped by the three power poles China, US and Russia is all but clear as well.
This blog series addresses these issues from different angles. Contributions from German and Russian researchers are paired with a practitioner’s view in order to provide both (theory-inspired) analysis and possible implications and policy options. The series evolves around the international conference “Schlangenbad Talks” which is organized by PRIF and Friedrich Ebert Foundation Moscow together with the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) and Konrad Adenauer Foundation Moscow. In its 22nd year, the conference discusses recent trends in German-Russian relations under the general theme “The End of the Liberal World Order? Challenges to Europe’s self-assertion”.
“It is not enough to diagnose a crisis – we also have to actively deal with it.” An interview with Nils Schmid
“Unfortunately for all of us, the world did not go the ‘European way’”. An interview with Sergey Karaganov
“Recalibrating European security”?: A reply
Die Schlangenbader Gespräche als Forum für die deutsch-russischen Beziehungen
Ways out of the crisis: recalibrating European security
