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In ihrer Regierungserklärung Ende März sagte Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, der aktuelle Skandal um Facebook und die Datenanalysefirma Cambridge Analytica sei nur eine Facette der größeren Aufgabe, ein „gerechtes, den Menschen in den Mittelpunkt stellendes System der Teilhabe an der Souveränität der…

Für den ungarischen Ministerpräsidenten Viktor Orbán ist die Marschroute klar: die Vertiefung seines Projekts eines „illiberalen Staates“ im Herzen der EU. Er kündigte Mitte März an, nach den Wahlen „moralische, politische und auch juristische Genugtuung“ an seinen Gegnern zu nehmen. Diese…

Die Welt: What does Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s decisive victory mean for Hungary? Thorsten Benner: For Orbán, the direction for the coming four years is crystal clear: deepening his project of an “illiberal state” at the heart of the European Union (EU). In a speech from March 15 that…

SZ: Mr. Benner, what are the implications of the upcoming election in Hungary for the EU? Thorsten Benner: Sunday will decide whether Viktor Orbán will be able to continue his project of building what he calls an “illiberal state” in the heart of Europe, where the rule of law and other key norms of…

Summary of Key Points China is interested in a stable — but pliant and fragmented —EU and the large and integrated European single market that underpins it. Properly managed, the CCP leadership has concluded, parts of Europe can be a useful conduit to further its interests. China wants to dilute the…

Europe’s initial enthusiasm about the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is tempering. BRI is undermining the EU’s internal cohesion, has the potential to impact European security, and is creating stiff competition for European companies on trade, investments, and market access in Europe and Asia.…

Is he up to it? Can he stand up to Putin or Erdogan without flinching? Tackle reforms in Europe? Manage an increasing number of crises? With ever-growing expectations for German foreign policy, experts and journalists alike have a lot of questions about the new German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.…

In 2017, the German government adopted the ‘Guidelines on Preventing Crises, Resolving Conflicts, Building Peace’ to make its crisis engagement more political, strategic and coherent. Germany’s civilian stabilization efforts in Iraq, as well as the Federal Armed Forces’ deployment in the country –…

Kann er das? Mit einem Putin oder Erdoğan verhandeln, ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken? Reformen in Europa anpacken? Immer mehr Krisen managen? Selten war Außenpolitik so entscheidend für Deutschland und Europa. Entsprechend viele Fragen haben Experten und Journalisten zu dem neuen Außenminister Heiko…

In her policy speech on Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel delved into the scandal around Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. She argued that the current issues with regard to Facebook “are only a detail of an overarching question,” namely: How to create a “just system of the sovereignty of the…

These days, there is no lack of international crises. During the new German government’s first couple of days in office, the Bundestag has already discussed six mandates for Germany’s armed forces. It did so with much controversy and media attention. But what about those crises that have not yet…

As the Islamic State of Iraq swept through central and northern Iraq in 2014, Iraqi forces crumbled and state control collapsed. A range of local, sub-state, and hybrid security forces mobilized to fill the gap, helping Iraqi Security Forces retake and hold territory. Although an immediate solution…

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Some now argue that the assumption that China would open up and democratize as a result of being interconnected with the Western economic system and the liberal international order has proven to be false. Do you agree? Benner: That was indeed an overly optimistic and misguided…