Study 04 December 2025

Seen But Not Heard

Youth radicalization is on the rise, but extremism prevention efforts are not keeping up. How can evaluations help extremism prevention become more attuned to youth realities? 

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.

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Study

Sicherheit fördern in Krisen und Konflikten

Stabilität in Europas Nachbarschaften ist für Deutschland unerlässlich. Doch wirksames Engagement gelingt nur dort, wo echte Erfolgschancen bestehen. Da nicht-militärische Mittel knapp sind, ist eine konsequente Priorisierung wichtiger denn je.

Interview

What To Do When Your Best Friend Is a Narcissist?

Whether Donald Trump is a narcissist or not is hard to say. His foreign policy, however, is another story.

Commentary

Are We Waiting for a Body Count to Take Extremism Seriously?

Hybrid forms of extremism are rapidly proliferating, both on- and offline. To understand today’s new, more complex threats, governments should be revitalizing and reinvesting in prevention programs — but instead, they are cutting programs and support. 

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.

Commentary

Wir sollten Trumps Grönland-Obsession ernst nehmen

Souveräne Gleichheit der Staaten ist für den US-Präsidenten eine reine Fiktion. Die Donroe-Doktrin“ bedeutet keinen Rückzug der USA auf die Heimatregion.

Commentary

Eigentore des US-Präsidenten machen Peking zum Gewinner des Jahres 2025

Statt mit Verbündeten gemeinsam gegen Chinas drohende industrielle Übermacht vorzugehen, überzieht Donald Trump Partner in Asien und Europa mit wirtschaftlichen Drohungen.

Podcast

A Self-Help Manual for Europe Navigating Transatlantic Relations

How can states navigate the unprecedented and seemingly erratic ways in which the current US administration wields its power? Sofie Lilli Stoffel discusses this on the Global Exchange Podcast.

Commentary

China-Schock: Deutschland muss sich selbst behaupten

Kollektives Elitenversagen haben uns erpressbar gemacht und deutsche Kernindustrien hilflos dem China-Schock ausgeliefert. Es sei daher Zeit für einen Kurswechsel.

Commentary

Alarmstufe Rot bei seltenen Erden

Deutschland sollte von Donald Trumps Entschlossenheit lernen und Pekings Monopol bei kritischen Rohstoffen zu brechen, meint Thorsten Benner.

Commentary

The Forgotten War

The world’s commitment to Sudan needs to be strengthened and coordinated — for the people’s own benefit and for lasting peace.