Was haben ein strategisches Brettspiel und (Landes-)Parlamente gemeinsam? Sind es die vermeintlich gegnerischen Parteien, die clevere (Spiel-)Züge austragen, bei denen Bauernopfer an der Tagesordnung sind? Während sich im Schach Weiß und Schwarz der Herausforderung einer Partie stellen, treten in Parlamenten, losgelöst von der Parteienlandschaft, Frauen und Männer an.

Zum ersten Mal wird der Stand der Repräsentation von Frauen in der Landespolitik Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns wissenschaftlich unter die Lupe genommen. Auf der Basis qualitativer Interviews mit Mandatsträgerinnen haben die Verfasser:innen der Studie herausgearbeitet, inwiefern bereits Fortschritte hinsichtlich eines ausgeglicheneren Abbilds der Gesamtheit der Gesellschaft innerhalb des Landtages erkennbar werden und wo eher Stagnation herrscht. Denn nur eine Ausgewogenheit von weiblichen und männlichen Perspektiven vermag einerseits die Identifikation von gesellschaftlichen Problemen und damit verbundenen Lösungsansätzen inhaltlich zu weiten. Zudem verändern eine stärkere weibliche Beteiligung, vor allem aber ein konstruktives Miteinander, Politikprozesse zum Besseren.

Sowohl Schach als auch Politik leben von Kommunikation und gegenseitiger Anerkennung im Rahmen eines regelgeleiteten Wettbewerbes, in welchem absolute Gewinne oder allgemein Kategorien von Gewinnen und Verlieren nicht das übergeordnete Ziel darstellen müssen.

Die Studie zum Downloaden: https://www.anstiftung-mv.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FES_Damengambit_Web.pdf 

Weitere Informationen und Fakten finden Sie unter: https://www.anstiftung-mv.de/projekte/politisches-damengambit/ 

On February 24, 2022 Russia started the bloody war against Ukraine. At the same time, it is important to take into account that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine began much earlier – with the illegal annexation of Crimea and the subsequent outbreak of war in Donbass in 2014.

Even then, we could see that the world’s existing security mechanisms were not working, inciting the aggressor to further action.

To understand the reasons of the tragic events in 2022, we should turn to an even earlier period when Russia’s imperial ambitions towards its neighbors were just beginning. In the second half of the 2000s, Russia started to use Ukraine’s significant dependence on energy resources to put pressure on the Ukrainian government. The task was to prevent Ukraine’s rapprochement with the European Union.

After the Revolution of Dignity in 2013-2014 it has become clear to the Russian leadership that the methods used so far have not yielded the necessary results. In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea and launched an open military aggression in the Donbas. The weak reaction of the world community only incited Putin to take further action.

The UN General Assembly approved a number of resolutions condemning Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian Crimea and its actions on the occupied peninsula. However, neither these non-binding decisions nor the sanctions imposed on Russia did not stop the aggression.

Russian-Georgian war of 2008, when Russian troops launched a full-scale military aggression against Georgia was also indicative. It was an unprecedented attack on the fundamental principles of the international order, and violation of basic norms and principles of international law. What was the role of the UN in stopping the war? The Minimal one – The UN Security Council supported the mediation mission, which was delivered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who proposed a plan for overcoming the crisis.

The reaction of the world community to Russia’s aggression in 2022 was much more coherent and unified than in 2014. Indeed, serious economic sanctions were imposed against Russia by both the United States of America and the European Union. Other countries, in particular Japan, Canada, Australia and traditionally neutral Switzerland, have joined the sanctions.

An important response to Russian aggression was the provision of modern defensive weapon to Ukraine by the USA and the UK. The position of many European countries has changed radically. In particular, Germany began to provide military support for Ukraine only after the Russian invasion in 2022. Before that, Germany refused to do so.

In addition, Germany had been building economic cooperation with Russia in the energy field for a long time. As a result, significant dependence of Europe on Russian oil and gas does not allow the EU to impose an immediate energy embargo.

However, we again have to state that there were no mechanisms at the international level to stop the war and call the aggressor to account.

At the same time, the situation when economic sanctions are the only lever to counter aggression is not normal. It is no coincidence that voices are heard more and more often about the need to reform the United Nations Organization. The UN was created precisely to maintain peace on the planet. The absence of effective mechanisms for this can have the most unpredictable consequences for the entire world community. If the Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2022 goes unpunished again, this will be a clear signal to the aggressor that his hands are free to shed blood in other countries. It will also be a signal to other countries that only a nuclear arsenal can give reliable security guarantees and encourage them to acquire it by any means.

The link for the event:  https://uni-rostock-de.zoom.us/j/62580248137?pwd=V3kxSUI4b1pDbjVmTCtCMDd4UU05Zz09

Am 10. November 2020, dem seitens der UNESCO ausgerufen Welttag der Wissenschaft für Frieden und Entwicklung, gründeten Prof. Dr. Jörn Dosch, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Muno sowie Dr. Ludmila Lutz-Auras (Sprecherin) das Zentrum für Eurasisch-Russländische Studien (ZEUS) an der Universität Rostock. In naher Zukunft informieren wir unsere Leserinnen und Leser auf dieser Plattform über all die anstehenden spannenden Projekte, Ideen und Veranstaltungen!

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