Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)

The G20 summit is an opportunity for China to showcase its expanding development agenda. We discuss how China's infrastructure engagement is unfolding across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

Ein collagiertes Bild aus mehreren Fotografien zeigt einen Mann in einer steinigen Berglandschaft, der ein Netz webt, in dessen Mitte ein Fluss verläuft.

Since 2020, almost all independent cultural figures have left Belarus to escape repression by Lukashenka’s authoritarian regime. Many of them are now working in exile to promote a free Belarus. Poetry has become a powerful form of expression that documents, resists and comforts.

Since 2022, many Russians have left Russia, with Georgia and Armenia being popular destinations. This episode explores why so many chose the South Caucasus, how they were received, and how migrants and host societies have adapted. It also looks at the different factors that have shaped local attitudes.

Poland’s nationalist PiS party may no longer be in government, but its divisive brand of memory politics continues to prevail under the new president Nawrocki. Local Polish and German initiatives to commemorate the post-war camps for Germans go against the grain by putting reconciliation before reparations.

On 24 Feburary 2022, Russia began the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Our online dossier gathers relevant information in the form of videos, podcast episodes, publications and assessments of our experts in the media.

ZOiS Spotlight 21/2025

The individual projects of ZOiS are currently divided into five research clusters.

Focus

On 24 Feburary 2022, Russia began the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Our online dossier gathers relevant background information in addition to recent articles and assessments by ZOiS experts.

Call for papers

On 8 and 9 October 2026, the German Association for East European Studies (DGO), the Freie Universität Berlin (FU) and the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) will jointly host the third Congress of Central and East European Studies (ceecon26) in Berlin.

Roundtable Osteuropa is a podcast by the Centre for East European and International Studies. Scholars of ZOiS and their guests discuss their research of Eastern Europe. We consider events in politics and society, while also trying to shed light on lesser-known issues – with insights from sociology, political science, geography, social anthropology, literary studies and theology.

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