Publications: CIS-Barometer

CISbarometer 39: Berlin – Moscow 2005 - 2008

Posted on 2005-09-05.

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After the Bundestag elections on the 18th of September, a new Federal Government could be inclined to distance itself from the current ‘special’ and ‘strategic’ relationship between Berlin and Moscow, and increasingly engage with the smaller Central and Eastern European states. On the other hand, it can be expected that the undeniable economic boom in Russia will continue to hold German companies in its spell, and politics will follow the strategic interests of the German economy.

CIS-Barometer 36: Strategic Neighbourhood: EU-Europe versus EU-East

Posted on 2004-09-06.

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Russia and the EU are the strongest actors on the European continent of the 21st century. Will the strategic partnership between the EU and Russia unite the entire continent under a “common European home” or will the continent be split in two? Russia joining the rest of Europe is set to proceed initially through the Energy Alliance.

CISbarometer 35: Between Reform and Restoration

Posted on 2004-02-02.

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The Duma elections of last December marked the beginning of a new period in recent Russian history. Communism suffered its historic defeat. Furthermore, the end of the Western democratic model has been heralded. A one-party system has emerged in the Duma. President Vladimir Putin says that he needs this newly sustained power in order to overcome the barriers on the path to establishing a constitutional state and a market economy. Critics claim that Putin is striving to establish a personal authoritarian rule. Conflicts between Russia and the West are again the daily norm. Both sides need new concepts of partnership, else the current idea of ‘common spaces’ could regress back to the principle of ‘peaceful coexistence’ of the Cold War in the past century.

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