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Less than a month after the signing ceremony of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing, another global financial institution was launched 1200 kilometers further south. Based in Shanghai, China’s financial hub, the New Development Bank’s creation marks an important step…

Das Thema Freihandel ist mit TTIP in der öffentlichen Debatte angekommen. Potenzielle Auswirkungen auf Drittstaaten und speziell Entwicklungsländer stellen dabei jedoch ein Randthema dar. Zu Unrecht – denn TTIP bedeutet eine Veränderung des Welthandelssystems, die auch für Entwicklungsländer…

The European Union Regulatory State and the Global Political Economy of Energy Since 1992, the European Union has put liberalization at the core of its energy policy agenda. This aspiration was very much in line with an international political economy driven by the neo-liberal (Washington)…

This opinion piece is part of the the Global Governance Futures 2025 program which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. The United Nations (UN) is a picture of the world 70 years ago and is no longer suitable for or representative of…

As the Modi government crosses its one-year mark, pundits are singing its praises for prioritizing foreign policy. The revival of the partnership with the US is one of Modi’s proudest accomplishments so far. Particularly after Obama’s visit in January this year, many already saw the start of a new…

On July 9, the youngest country on Earth celebrated its birthday. Four years ago, South Sudan achieved its independence with broad international support. Since December 2013, however, a new civil war between the South Sudan president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, and his former deputy, Riek Machar, has…

Whitewashing the Challenges Posed by Viktor Orbán’s Authoritarian Populism Germany is used to the fact that the musings and actions of some of its retired politicians often betray lack of good judgment. Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt regularly defends Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heavy…

Does the experience of living in the United States lead Chinese people to believe that China should pursue democracy? Our study produced mixed results, as we found that overseas study resulted in significant attitude changes by various means. Education in social sciences and consumption of foreign…

This is a final report of the Global Governance Futures 2025 program which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. The final report is to be presented by the program's global arms control working group May 4th, 2015 at the Brookings…

This is a final report of the Global Governance Futures 2025 program which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. The final report is to be presented by the program's internet governance working group May 6th, 2015 at the Brookings…

Executive Summary A decade after the United Nations adopted the concept of a Responsibility to Protect (R2P) people from atrocity crimes, the world’s record of protection remains grim. But those who point to a global deadlock between “Western” interventionists and “non-Western” stalwarts of…

Twenty-five years ago, German reunification ushered in an era of expansion of Western institutions (NATO and the European Union) toward the East. The current Russia-Ukraine conflict marks the definitive end of this period. With its annexation of Crimea, the Russian government made clear that it will…

The transformation of the BRIC acronym from an investment term into a household name of international politics and, more recently, into a semi-institutionalized political outfit (called BRICS, with a capital ‘S’), is one of the defining developments in international politics in the past decade.…

2014 werde als das letzte Jahr in die Geschichte eingehen, in dem die USA den Status der weltgrößten Wirtschaftsmacht für sich beanspruchen konnten. Schon 2015 sei es China, das den Platz an der Sonne einnehme, schrieb der US-Ökonom und Nobelpreisträger Joseph Stiglitz im Januar unter Berufung auf…

This week got off to a rough start for the global super-rich. Leading newspapers around the world, including the Indian Express, Le Monde, Haaretz, the Guardian and the Financial Times, opened this Monday with the largest data leak in banking history. "Swiss Leaks" disclosed information about how…

This opinion piece is part of the the Global Governance Futures 2025 program which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. As Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) replace Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the post-2015 world, climate…

This interview was conducted by Mirko Hohmann and Joel Sandhu for the the Global Governance Futures 2025 program which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. MH & JS: In light of successive failed attempts to tackle high carbon dioxide…

“US tech hegemony is making ‘technological sovereignty’ one of the top geopolitical issues of 2015.” So goes Evgeny Morozov’s prediction for the new year. And true to form, the serial provocateur serves up an op-ed to trigger a debate on the topic. Unfortunately, Morozov is so in love with his own…

Codegesteuerte Angriffe auf zivile und militärische Infrastrukturen gelten als eine der großen neuen sicherheitspolitischen Herausforderungen. Politische Entscheidungsträger, aber auch Vertreter der Sicherheitsindustrie und der Medien, warnen zunehmend vor einem „Cyberkrieg“, der Wirtschaft und…

Code-based attacks on civilian and military infrastructures pose one of the great new challenges for security policy. Political decision-makers, the security industry and media pundits are increasingly warning of a “cyber war” that could throw the economy and society into unpredictable turmoil.…