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05.01.2026 | Publications

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered the largest wave of emigration from Russia in the last 25 years. For many, it was not an emigration by choice but rather an emergency. Our study focuses on the darker side of this emigration: the lingering fear of the Russian state.


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23.12.2025 | Publications

Die Russische Föderation präsentiert sie sich als ungebrochene Fortsetzerin der UdSSR, während sie parallel die Symbole, Narrative und ausgewählte Vermögensansprüche des Romanow-Reiches mobilisiert. Dadurch kann Moskau sowjetische Privilegien wie den Sitz im UN-Sicherheitsrat genießen und gleichzeitig imperiale Vermögenswerte im Ausland verfolgen, aber es lässt den Staat auch ohne eine kohärente Nachfolgedoktrin zurück.


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23.12.2025 | Publications

The Russian Federation presents itself in international organisations as the unbroken continuator of the USSR, yet it simultaneously invokes the symbols, narratives and selected property claims of the Romanov empire. This allows Moscow to enjoy Soviet privileges such as the UN Security Council seat while pursuing imperial assets abroad, but it also leaves the state without a coherent doctrine of succession.


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Russland und Langstreckenraketen in Europa: Abschreckung oder Wettrüsten


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Russia and long-range missiles in Europe: Deterrence or an arms race


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Der Text analysiert die passive Haltung großer Teile der russischen Gesellschaft


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Warum bleiben russische Kriegsgegner_innen im Land?


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Studien zur Identität


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The Study of Identity


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Die Untersuchung der Ideologie in Russland


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Publications from the Digital Library

Zharkov, Vasily

The Kremlin's wager on Trump's second term

the shifting game of containment

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Uvarov, Alexey

Succession and empire

how imperial continuity undermines the foundation of a national identity in Russia

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Jaitner, Felix

Objective: decoupling

the reorientation of the Russian economy and its impact on relations with the West

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Living under transnational authoritarianism

why anti-war Russians continue to fear the regime abroad

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Polianskii, Mikhail

Getting out of the grey zone

towards more European strategic clarity against Russian hybrid threats

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Starchak, Maxim

Russia and long-range missiles in Europe

deterrence or an arms rade

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Stratievskij, Dmitrij

Does today's Russia have an ideology?

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The war's influence on Russian identity

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Sitenko, Alexandra

The BRICS before and after the summit in Russia

goals, interests and perspectives

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Stratievskij, Dmitrij

Militarism in Russia

from censure to approval

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