Peer Teschendorf

Berlin

Peer Teschendorf has served as the director of the offices of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in the Russian Federation since 2018. From 2012 to May 2016, he was heading the foundation's offices in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Articles

Foreign and security policy | 12.07.2024

Trump-proofing NATO

NATO’s 75th anniversary is overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and a possible US withdrawal from Europe. Can the EU master these challenges?

Interviews | 02.03.2022

‘The war can only be ended with negotiations’

What will happen next in the Russia-Ukraine war? Peer Teschendorf and Marcel Röthig, FES representatives in Moscow and Kyiv, discuss various scenarios

Foreign and security policy | 28.09.2021

How the world looks at the German elections

China looks to Germany for its influence in Europe, South Africa hopes for continuity, and Russia doesn't think bilateral relations will improve [...]

Democracy and society | 22.09.2021

Putin still sits firmly in the saddle

Dissatisfaction among the Russian population is growing. Nevertheless, voteres preferred to play it safe in the recent parliamentary elections

The corona crisis | 12.01.2021

Global vaccination

Nothing is as political as the Covid-19 vaccination. Dispatches from Moscow, London and Warsaw

Global | 11.05.2020

Global Quarantine XI

Covid-19 exacerbates inequality, but can also ease existing tensions. Dispatches from Russia, Cameroon and the Philippines

Europe | 16.03.2020

Putin: President in perpetuity?

Putin's constitutional coup ensures that he could remain in power until 2036. But Russia's young generation wants change

Interviews | 16.01.2020

'A consolidation rather than a separation of power'

Vladimir Putin intends to overhaul Russia's political system. Peer Teschendorf in Moscow on the president's motives

Europe | 10.09.2019

'A stage victory for the opposition in Moscow'

Peer Teschendorf in Moscow on the results of the local elections and what they mean for Putin's grip on power