Senior Fellow at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
Dr Sabine Fischer is a Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Studies (SWP) in Berlin. From 2019 to 2021, she worked in Moscow as a team leader of the Public Diplomacy, EU and Russia project. Previously, Dr Fischer was the Head of the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the SWP (2012-18) and a Senior Research Fellow at the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris (2007-12). Her research focuses on Russian foreign policy and domestic politics, Russia’s war against Ukraine, and other unresolved conflicts in the region. Her latest publications include Die chauvinistischeBedrohung. Russlands Kriege und EuropasAntworten (Ullstein, 2023); Putin's "re-election". An undemocratic, authoritarian plebiscite (March 2024); “Eastern Europe - A feminist policy in light of the war,” in: Claudia Zille (ed.), Feminist Foreign and Development Policy in Practice (June 2024).