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Commentary 15 Mar 2018
Europe, Don’t Let China Divide and Conquer
By Thorsten Benner, Jan WeidenfeldEuropean leaders are toying with a risky idea: reducing the flow of structural funds to Hungary and other EU members who challenge key norms of liberal democracies. Not only would this proposal put further strain on already rocky relations between those countries and the rest of the Union, it may… -
Journal article 13 Mar 2018
Germany’s Politics and Bureaucracy for Preventing Atrocities
More than 70 years after the Holocaust, the German government has elevated the prevention of mass atrocities as a key goal in German foreign policy. In its new Guidelines on Preventing Crises, Resolving Conflicts, Building Peace, adopted by the federal cabinet in June 2017, the German government… -
Commentary 08 Mar 2018
Why German Foreign Ministers Need to Be More Like Jim Mattis
Tomorrow, we’re going to learn who Germany’s new foreign minister will be. Sigmar Gabriel, the incumbent, is no longer an option. Either of the rumored front-runners, whether Katarina Barley or Heiko Maas, would be new to an international affairs portfolio. “Foreign Minister of Germany?” you might… -
Commentary 06 Mar 2018
Deutschland 4.0? Germany’s Digital Strategy Over the Next Four Years
Digital and cyber issues were recurring themes during Germany’s recent election. The coalition agreement, which gave Angela Merkel another four years as Chancellor, picked these themes up, but left many questions unaddressed. Nevertheless, here’s what we can expect from the new German government… -
Commentary 06 Mar 2018
Unsere globale Zukunft braucht integrative Ideen
By Joel SandhuDank der rasanten Fortschritte in den Bereichen Technologie, Transport und Kommunikation ist unsere Welt vernetzter als je zuvor. Gleichzeitig war das weltpolitische Klima nach Ende des Kalten Krieges noch nie so volatil wie derzeit. Die Geschwindigkeit des technologischen Wandels ist ein wichtiger… -
Commentary 01 Mar 2018
Europe’s New Data Protection Rules Already Face Overseas Threats
By Christine GalvagnaThe United States government will soon decide whether to permit itself to violate European data protection laws, potentially undermining both the fundamental rights of European Union citizens and international law. At issue is whether a US court can compel the production of electronic communications… -
Commentary 28 Feb 2018
Für eine ehrliche Außenpolitik
Deutschland braucht eine neue Außenministerin oder einen neuen Außenminister. Wenn ihre Mitglieder bis zum Wochenende für die Fortsetzung der Koalition mit der Union stimmen, dann wird die SPD das Amt besetzen. Kein leichter Job, denn die Herausforderungen an die deutsche Außenpolitik sind… -
Commentary 28 Feb 2018
Our Global Future Will Require Inclusive Ideas
By Joel SandhuThanks to rapid advances in technology, transportation, and communication networks, our world is more connected than ever before. Yet, the global political climate has never been more volatile in the post-Cold War era. The speed of technological change is one important reason for this development;… -
Commentary 26 Feb 2018
Handlanger für Autokraten
Alfred Gusenbauer und Romano Prodi sind prominente Ex-Politiker, die sich gerade in öffentlichen Erklärungen winden. Sie behaupten, sie hätten sich vor ein paar Jahren für eine engere Beziehung Europas zur Ukraine eingesetzt, sonst nichts weiter. Sie tun das, weil die jüngste Anklageschrift des US-… -
Commentary 25 Feb 2018
The Dark Arts of Foreign Influence-Peddling
These days, it’s never good news for Paul Manafort. On Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller released his latest indictment against President Donald Trump’s one-time campaign chairman. It charged that Manafort “secretly retained” a small group of former European leaders to “act informally and… -
Commentary 19 Feb 2018
Europe Needs to Step Up Vigilance on China’s Influence
By Thorsten Benner, Kristin Shi-KupferMike Pompeo, the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, said last month that Beijing’s efforts to exert influence in liberal democracies are just as concerning as those of Moscow, citing China’s “much bigger footprint”. Indeed, China’s rapidly increasing political influencing efforts and… -
Commentary 19 Feb 2018
Deniz Yücel ist nicht frei
Deniz Yücel ist frei, heißt es. Aber das stimmt nicht. Er wurde lediglich aus der Untersuchungshaft entlassen und dann schnellstmöglich nach Berlin ausgeflogen. In einem gecharterten Flugzeug wurde er in Sicherheit gebracht. Das ist nicht der Weg eines freien Menschen. Der Journalist mit der… -
Commentary 12 Feb 2018
Europa süßsauer
By Thorsten Benner, Kristin Shi-KupferDer Deal des Deutschen Fußball-Bunds klang verlockend. Regionalliga-Teams bekommen 15 000 Euro für ein Freundschaftsspiel gegen die chinesische U-20-Mannschaft. Für den DFB ist es Teil einer größeren Strategie. Der Verband will gern etwas von den Abermillionen abhaben, die Präsident Xi und der… -
Study 12 Feb 2018
#AUEU: A Twitter Analysis of the 2017 AU-EU Summit
By Alexander Gaus, Dario TomanThis paper presents a Twitter analysis of the African Union-European Union Summit (AU-EU Summit), which took place on November 29 and 30, 2017, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. An analysis of Twitter data offers the opportunity to determine the views of individuals and groups around certain issues.… -
Article 06 Feb 2018
Munich Security Conference: A Marketplace of Order?
by Philipp Rotmann GPPi Since we have noticed how messy our world has again become it is suddenly back in fashion to talk about order. This discussion goes far beyond Donald Trump’s latest tweet or the Chinese Communist Party’s last party congress, and it will last for quite a while. We are in for a… -
Study 05 Feb 2018
Authoritarian Advance: Responding to China’s Growing Political Influence in Europe
China’s rapidly increasing political influencing efforts in Europe and the self-confident promotion of its authoritarian ideals pose a significant challenge to liberal democracy as well as Europe’s values and interests. While Beijing’s efforts have received much less scrutiny than the efforts of… -
Article 02 Feb 2018
Sicherheitskonferenz: Ordnung, made in Munich?
Dass unsere Welt ziemlich unordentlich geworden ist, wird von Jahr zu Jahr offensichtlicher. Das geht nicht nur weit über Trumps neuesten Tweet hinaus, sondern auch weit über den letzten Parteitag der KP China: Die Welt ist in einer Übergangsphase vom unipolaren Moment in eine ungewisse Zukunft.… -
Article 01 Feb 2018
The Governance of Safety and Security Risks in Connected Healthcare
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Commentary 31 Jan 2018
Why Bold Writing Matters
Writing boldly can go a long way in achieving what think tanks are all about: improving public debates and policymaking on critical challenges.… -
Policy brief 24 Jan 2018
Chasing Shadows: UN Communications on Human Rights Defenders
Each year, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders receives a large number of submissions regarding individual cases of concern. Only a fraction of these cases are addressed by the rapporteur’s communications procedure. Nobody can determine with certainty how many cases…