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Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider is interviewed by SWR on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the International Lake Constance Conference and talks about the influence of the IBK and the amount of different opinions that regularly clash at these conferences.

Gerald Schneider's interview on the anniversary can be found here, the TV report can be viewed online here.

The media articles each present the conference on the future of Europe that has just ended and describe its potential effects. Malang estimates the chances of a fundamental change in the EU's institutional balance of power to be rather low. He emphasised the possibility of transnational electoral lists in the 2024 European Parliament elections and a special focus on Europe's youth as particularly realistic and important for strengthening democratic legitimacy.

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Prof. Dr. Marius Busemeyer has classified the election defeat of the AFD in Schleswig-Holstein in the online edition of the Südkurier. The election defeat does not represent a turning point in electoral support for the AFD, but follows a trend that points to a return of voters to traditional parties. The interview can be read online here.

Professor Herron will discuss the misinterpretation of Ukrainian politics, history, and

culture that Vladimir Putin used to justify his escalation of the ongoing war. In the talk,

Professor Herron will refer to social science research that he and other scholars have

conducted to challenge faulty claims about Ukraine.

Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider was interviewed by Die Welt about possible sanctions against former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the context of his work as energy lobbyist for the Russian state-owned corporation Gazprom in the shadow of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. According to his assessment, the sanctioning of Schröder by the United States is inevitable, but there would be no diplomatic éclat between Germany and the US. The article can be read in the online edition of Die Welt here.

Prof. Dr. Nils Weidmann is interviewed about the role of social media in Russian society. In the article, Deutsche Welle explains the changes in the political system in Russia and its radicalization in recent decades. Nils Weidmann explains why social media in Russia cannot be used to educate the Russian population due to effective censorship. However, statements are difficult to verify due to the lack of independent surveys, he says. The article in the online edition of Deutsche Welle can be…

Jun.-Prof. Jan Vogler, together with a colleague, won the SAGE Prize for the best article in the journal European Union Politics in 2021 for the article "Does EU funding improve local state capacity? Evidence from Polish municipalities". The article can be viewed online here.

The article was also summarised online in a blogpost by Jan Vogler, which can be found here.

In a podcast organised by Princeton University, Jan Vogler discusses the article and its implications. The podcast can be…

Prof. Dr. Nils Weidmann is interviewed in an article by the online news portal N-TV on Russia's domestic political situation in the shadow of Russia's military attack on Ukraine. He explains the efforts Russian citizens have to make to obtain uncensored data material as well as the increasing censorship of the media by the Russian state. The article can be read here.

Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider was interviewed by SWR for an article on Germany's military security. He sees no danger to the people of Germany and Baden-Württemberg from Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine and sees the readiness of American soldiers in Germany as a reassuring factor. The article can be read online here.