Behind the Great Firewall
As long as Beijing has been censoring content online, people in China have been finding ways around that censorship. Drawing on leaked data from Geedge Networks, this article reconstructs how China’s Uyghur population has used VPNs to evade online repression.
Critical Raw Materials: Reducing Strategic Dependencies in Germany and Europe
Over the past decades, China has become dominant in many critical raw materials (CRM) supply chains, particularly in midstream segments. In certain cases, Germany and Europe are almost entirely reliant on supplies from China.
Two current GPPi projects are delving into the debates on raw materials supply chain security and strategic autonomy, aiming to equip policymakers and industry leaders with actionable recommendations.
Learn more about our work on how Germany can overcome the structural obstacles that have hampered its resilience efforts, as well as our research on what realistic, mutually beneficial CRM partnerships between European and African actors could look like.
Europe’s Dangerous Gamble
Complacent with the supposedly secure status quo, Europe runs the risk of letting Moscow’s current weakness slip by unnoticed.
Widersprüche aushalten
Aufrüstung hat patriarchale Folgen – und Passivität auch. Dieser Beitrag plädiert für ein pluralistisches feministisches Sicherheitsverständnis, das diese Widersprüche anerkennt, anstatt sie durch abstrakte Prinzipien aufzulösen.
Out of the Dependency Trap
Germany and the EU remain dependent on China for critical raw materials essential to defense, green technologies, and digital industries, exposing Europe to economic coercion and supply disruptions. This study looks at past policy efforts, explores why they fell short and offers recommendations to strengthen German and European resilience.
New Research: Future of Global Governance
The ENSURED project recently published five brand-new research reports on the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic character of key institutions and systems governing global artificial intelligence, biodiversity, global health, sex and gender (women’s & queer rights), and global taxation.
If you’re following debates about the future of global governance, you won’t want to miss this important research.
Ludwig Erhard würde Peking Paroli bieten
Für Ordoliberale ist das Vorgehen gegen die unfairen Praktiken von Chinas Staatskapitalismus kein Protektionismus, sondern Ordnungsschutz.
AI Is Revolutionizing Everything. Where Can (Human) Evaluators Add the Most Value?
In a time where AI is able to take over much of the data collection and desk review work within humanitarian evalutions, what can human evaluators do that AI cannot? (Part of) the answer: critical analysis and honest judgment.
Toward Technological Sovereignty
Amid intensifying global competition over critical and emerging technologies, Germany and Europe must strategically strengthen their position and protect their interests. This project looks at how Berlin and Brussels can bolster their technological sovereignty via cooperation with key middle powers such as the UK, India and Brazil.
Kritische Rohstoffe: Was die Wirtschaftsministerin nach ihrer China-Reise tun muss
Bisherige Versuche, Deutschlands dramatische Abhängigkeiten von China bei Seltenen Erden zu verringen, sind gescheitert. Es braucht ein Umdenken hin zu einer stärkeren Marktgestaltung. Dafür sollte Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche nach ihrem China-Besuch zur Antreiberin werden.
Europas Annahmen im Ukraine-Krieg gleichen gefährlichen Wetten
Europa läuft Gefahr, Moskaus momentane Schwäche ungenutzt verstreichen zu lassen – weil es sich im vermeintlich sicheren Status quo eingerichtet hat.
AI Is Revolutionizing Everything. Why Do Evaluations Still Look the Same?
If AI can already automate large parts of desk reviews, surveys and more, why are so many humanitarian evaluations still designed around a pre-AI model?