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Transatlantic Digital Debates Fellows Discuss the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz On June 30, the German Bundestag passed the network enforcement law (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, or NetzDG), requiring that social media companies with more than 2 million registered German users delete unlawful content,…

U.S. tech firms have always found the European market a tricky one to navigate. They struggled with a public backlash following Edward Snowden’s disclosures and have had to cope with what they perceive to be awkward court decisions, like the right to be forgotten. Now, they face an entirely new…

A band of Neo-Nazi officers allegedly conspiring to commit a false-flag terrorist attack was only the most bizarre of the scandals that has rattled Germany’s military in the past year. Other allegations include sadistic practices in training, sexual harassment, and revelations about World War II…

On Friday, the German parliament will pass the gloriously named and woefully misguided Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, or “network enforcement law,” to combat hate speech on social media platforms. Its parliamentary godfathers simply call it the “Facebook law” and commend it as “epochal” and…

On Tuesday, U.S. forces shot down an armed Iranian drone in southern Syria, a few days after a similarly justified strike on a Syrian aircraft that dropped a bomb near a U.S. training outpost. Combined with the U.S. decision to ramp up support to Syrian Kurds seeking to retake Raqqa, these actions…

Here, 2017 is shaping up to be an unexpectedly good year for those invested in the European project. The real existing populism of Trump and the disastrous British management of Brexit have had a deterrent effect on electorates. The political center is re-energized and has even taken to the streets…

Executive Summary In the last decade and a half since September 11, armed conflict has been marked by new patterns of warfare. Non-international conflict – conflict between a state(s) and non-state actors – is more likely than direct conflict with other state parties, and is often characterized by…

The Grand Bargain aims to reduce the humanitarian financing gap – estimated at US$ 15 billion – by improving the delivery and efficiency of aid. 52 donors and aid organisations, which account for the lion’s share of the international humanitarian response, have endorsed the Grand Bargain. One year…

Background As more agencies are using cash transfer programs in humanitarian contexts, the need for coordination has grown. Currently, the cash working groups established by aid organizations in emergency settings vary in their leadership and institutional setups. This ad hoc approach has helped…

Executive Summary In post-industrial societies, data, as well as data-driven technologies, are seeping into many aspects of life – involving a complex group of individuals, organizations, and governments who manage and own the technologies that create, use, alter, and destroy this data. Recognizing…

Executive Summary Since the turn of the century, a series of pandemics have incited global concern: disrupting trade, bringing travel from some regions to a standstill, and spreading panic through affected and unaffected populations alike. These outbreaks – including Severe Acute Respiratory…

Executive Summary In recent years, technological advancements, globalization, attacks carried out on home soil by foreign fighters and lone wolves, and the rise of transnational takfiri terror organizations, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), have forced policymakers around the…

Wie kann Deutschland dem Anspruch genügen, „früher, entschiedener und substantieller“ Gewalt vorzubeugen? Es reicht nicht, das Völkerrecht, den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof, das Völkerstrafgesetzbuch und die Schutzverantwortung zu beschwören, denn deren Normen breiten sich mitnichten aus, im…

Being one of the bloodiest internal conflicts since 1945, the Iraqi civil war unleashed disastrous dynamics in Iraq and the Middle East, which set the course for the current chaos in Iraq and the rise of Islamic State. This dissertation analyses the civil war’s onset in 2004 from the analytical…

It was clear from the start that President Trump would not be a normal president for America’s European allies — Trump’s visit to Brussels and Sicily last week confirmed as much. Panicked headlines ensued: “Trump confirms Europe’s worst fears.” However, much of the alarmism surrounding Trump and…

Die europäischen Sorgenfalten nach Trumps Brüsseler Rede sind übertrieben. Sein Auftreten gegenüber EU und NATO ist bislang weit weniger schädlich, als zu befürchten stand. Die größere Gefahr geht gegenwärtig von Trumps Austrocknen der US-Diplomatie aus. „Trump zerstört Europas Illusionen“, titelt…

With the advent of the Asian century, the region’s importance has increased tremendously not only for trade and investment, but also for global security. Asia has a high potential for conflict. Simmering territorial disputes in East Asia, the erratic behavior of regimes such as North Korea,…

Emmanuel Macron devrait se rendre aujourd’hui à Berlin et rencontrer Angela Merkel. Il consacre ainsi à l’Allemagne son premier déplacement à l’étranger. En mars dernier, deux photos avaient résumé à elles seules les visions du monde qui se sont opposées au cours de la campagne présidentielle. Sur…