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Security authorities alone cannot prevent new forms of terrorism. We need to focus more on prevention and building resilient societies. Tagesspiegel Online: Ms. Domisse, vehicles were used as weapons in many of this year’s terrorist attacks, and often attackers had been radicalized. How would you…

In the 1980s British satire Yes, Prime Minister, when reeling at the cost of defense, the British prime minister asks wistfully whether they couldn’t just persuade the Americans to strengthen their forces instead. His aide advises against it, and against relying on European forces, who are just “all…

Eigentlich läuft das Geschäft gerade recht gut für die außenpolitische Community in Deutschland. Brexit, Donald Trump und zuletzt Nordkorea – außenpolitische Ereignisse bewegen die Gemüter der Deutschen. Und mit Flucht, Migration und der Zukunft der EU standen auch im normalerweise außenpolitisch…

The Indian Ocean, despite its geographical distance, has significant economic and strategic importance for Germany and Europe. A majority of European sea trade transits through the Ocean, along with half of Germany’s sea-borne supply and two-thirds of all containers carrying German exports. The…

In den ersten 20 Jahren nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges war internationale Einflussnahme eine Einbahnstraße: Sie ging von liberalen Demokratien aus, die ihr Regierungsmodell weltweit zu verbreiten suchten. Dank dieser Demokratieförderung, so die Annahme, würden autoritäre Systeme auf dem Müllhaufen…

Es gibt Themen in den laufenden Sondierungsverhandlungen, da braucht es eine kleine Revolution. Die Reduzierung von Fluchtursachen ist so ein Thema. 65 Millionen Flüchtlinge weltweit: Da geht es um weniger Krieg und Gewalt, um mehr wirtschaftliche Entwicklung, um Schutz vor den Folgen der…

Mit den neuen Leitlinien „Krisen verhindern, Konflikte bewältigen, Frieden fördern“ hat sich die Bundesregierung Deutschlands eine neue ressortübergreifende Arbeitsgrundlage für die Krisenprävention und Friedensförderung geschaffen. Wie Deutschland sich in den Politikfeldern Krisenprävention,…

This commentary is related to a larger study on local, hybrid and sub-state security forces (LHSFs) in Iraq. Please see the main page for more findings, and summaries about other field research sites. “What government?” scoffed Abu Ali, a local Turkmen force commander affiliated with the League of…

Zum „Glück für die liberale Demokratie“ gebe es den „Eigennutz global operierender Kapitalisten“, argumentierte ein Leitartikler jüngst im Tagesspiegel. Er verbreitete die Hoffnung, dass sich Apple, General Electric & Facebook sich mit ihrer ganzen Kraft gegen Trumps nationalistische Engstirnigkeit…

“We will hunt her,” Alexander Gauland exclaimed to a crowd of supporters in Berlin late on September 24. “We will hunt Mrs. Merkel and whomever else. And we will take our country and our people back.” Gauland’s party, the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), had just won a historic victory in…

Leaking damaging documents during election season, feeding the media false stories about candidates, and concocting conspiracy theories to smear politicians: this will sound familiar to anyone who followed the U.S. presidential election, and to an extent, recent campaigns in France and Germany. But…

Angela Merkel is set to resume her fourth term as the chancellor of Germany, surprising no one. However, contrary to expectations, this victory was far from comfortable. In a trend visible across Europe, the established parties took a beating, with the far-right populists faring much better than…

It would seem that German voters reserved the big bang for the ballot box, as if to counteract what many observers had decried as a "boring election". In a major shake-up, a record number of seven parties secured seats in the Bundestag following Sunday's election, including the extreme right-wing…

Both Sunni and Shi’a PMF have played a large role in this Sunni Arab district on the border of Ninewa and Salah ad-Din. Reports of mass forced displacement and abuses of the civilian population suggest that the road to reconciliation and recovery will be long, even after the eastern bank is retaken…