In the episode “Peace for Ukraine? Putin’s Waiting Game,” Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder joins a panel of experts to assess the current state of Russian-Ukrainian diplomacy. While President Putin has suggested the possibility of direct talks, his absence from the negotiations in Istanbul signals a different intention: buying time and reshaping the strategic narrative. Heinemann-Grüder emphasizes that Moscow appears neither militarily nor politically prepared to pursue a genuine peace settlement. Rather, the Kremlin’s overtures are seen as an attempt to reduce international pressure and weaken Western unity. His analysis highlights the growing gap between political signaling and the grim realities of war.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder on hr-iNFO: Putin’s Waiting Game – Peace for Ukraine? Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder on hr-iNFO: Putin’s Waiting Game – Peace for Ukraine?
In the hr-iNFO radio programme “Der Tag,” political scientist and conflict researcher Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder (CASSIS) comments on recent diplomatic signals from the Kremlin. He interprets Putin’s offer for negotiations as a calculated maneuver driven by geopolitical strategy and domestic considerations.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder on hr-iNFO: Putin’s Waiting Game – Peace for Ukraine?
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Andreas Heinemann-Grüder is a Senior Fellow at CASSIS and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Bonn. His research focuses on politics and conflict in the post-Soviet space, comparative federalism, the resurgence of authoritarianism and violent political crises involving irregular armed groups.
He has previously taught at Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Duke University in North Carolina, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Cologne. Heinemann-Grüder has provided political advice to the German Federal Chancellery, the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Federal Ministry of Defense, the German Bundestag, the European Parliament, the OSCE, NATO and the EU Stability Pact for Southeast Europe. He has conducted field research in the Baltic states, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia, India, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Russia, the Philippines, South Sudan, Spain, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Heinemann-Grüder studied history, political science and German language and literature at the Free University of Berlin and completed a postgraduate degree at Lomonosov University in Moscow. He received his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin in 1989 and habilitated at Humboldt University in 1999. He is a member of the Federal Government's Advisory Council for Civil Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding.