EU Außenpolitik – Ponto – Grassroots Think Tank für Europa- und Außenpolitik

Rethinking the Future: EU Enlargement as Guarantee for Security and Democracy?

15. October 2023

Text by Lara Steiner Currently, the European Union faces a time of fundamental change and unprecedented challenges. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has altered the geopolitical presence and consequently initiated reassessments of the EU’s future. To ensure transnational security and the viability of democracy on the continent, it is indispensable for the EU to amend…

3. Ponto x IIP Podcast: „Kosovo und Serbien – Ist ein stabiler Frieden möglich?”

2. July 2023

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Die dritte Folge des “Peace Matters” Podcasts von Ponto und dem International Institute for Peace ist erschienen: „Kosovo und Serbien – Ist ein stabiler Frieden möglich?” Kosovo und Serbien haben seit langem ein schwieriges Verhältnis zueinander. Im Dezember 2022 kam es zu Straßensperren und Blockaden im Norden des Kosovos durch Teile der serbischen Minderheit. Unter…

2. Ponto x IIP Podcast: „Nuklearwaffen im Fokus: Zwischen Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag und neuer Aufrüstung“

27. March 2023

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Die zweite Folge des “Peace Matters” Podcasts von Ponto und dem International Institute for Peace ist erschienen: „Nuklearwaffen im Fokus: Zwischen Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag und neuer Aufrüstung“ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/09Flrby… Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast… In dieser Episode sprechen wir darüber, welche Bedeutung und Wirkung der Atomwaffensperrvertrag sowie der Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag heute haben, sowie inwiefern der Ukraine-Krieg in diesem Zusammenhang neue Fragen…

First IIP x Ponto Podcast: “One year in Ukraine: Does peace still matter?“

25. February 2023

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The first episode of the ‘Peace Matters’ podcast by the International Institute for Peace and Ponto has been released: E1_One year of war in Ukraine: Does peace still matter? Available on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8HcI3Kz7sk&list=PL8bOdRJp3ejdtP57B5AroBph59GQtrdJW IIP Web https://www.iipvienna.com/podcast-peace-matters Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/09FlrbyhMajIuGEFDkiHUX Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peace-matters/id1673740745 About the podcast: ‘Peace Matters’ is a podcast about contemporary conflicts…

EU security and defence: the cost of inaction

24. January 2023

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The European Union finds itself in an increasingly threatening international arena while its Common Security and Defence Policy continues to have serious deficiencies. Surmounting its weaknesses must be a top priority to gain strategic autonomy in handling security threats. But underinvestment and lack of coordination are difficult challenges to overcome. The Russian invasion of Ukraine…

Russia’s war in Ukraine is about the West

21. May 2022

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remark in 2016 that Russia’s borders do not end anywhere reinforced a popular claim about the revisionist nature of Moscow’s foreign policy. Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine seems to be the ultimate validation of this belief. Various explanations of the invasion have been offered, ranging from Russia’s current military advantages over…

Accountability for Crimes Committed by ISIL – Why Austria should join Germany in the support of the UN Missions to Iraq

21. December 2021

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On the 30th November 2021, a former ISIL Fighter and his wife were convicted by a Frankfurt court in Germany for genocide and crimes against humanity under the German “Völkerstrafgesetzbuch” (German International Criminal Code) in a landmark trial based on universal jurisdiction. A significant part of the indictment in the Taha al-J. – case focused…

Ponto Policy Brief #2: Old squabbles over EU’s migration policy

19. March 2021

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Old squabbles over EU’s migration policy What does the blockade of the EU migration reform by the Visegrád countries mean for the EU and how can it be overcome? by Niklas Hintermayer FULL ARTICLE – PDF Abstract: In September 2020, the European Commission proposed a long overdue reform of the EU migration and asylum system.…

Kann EU-Außengrenzschutz das Sterben im Mittelmeer verhindern?

17. March 2021

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Von Judith Kohlenberger ABSTRACT Der Schutz der Außengrenzen beherrscht ak- tuell die europäische Sicherheits- und Migra- tionspolitik. Effizientes Grenzmanagement und die Beseitigung mutmaßlicher Pullfakto- ren sollen helfen, die Zahl der gefährlichen Überfahrten zu senken und das Sterben im Mittelmeer zu beenden. Doch rezente For- schungsergebnisse legen nahe, dass eine restriktive Migrationspolitik durch Grenzkon- trollen,…

Video: Actions and Reactions: Political Crisis in Belarus as Seen from Brussels and Moscow

28. February 2021

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Panelists: · MAGDA STUMVOLL, Research Fellow and project coordinator at the the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe; Board member at Ponto · MARYLIA HUSHCHA, Research assistant at the IIP; Board member at Ponto Discussant: · BENNO ZOGG, Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich / Co-Head, Peace & Security Programme, Foraus –…