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  • Commentary 23 Apr 2017

    Aufrüsten mit Freunden

    Donald Trumps „Rechnung“ über ausstehende Schutzgeldzahlungen und die Forderung nach baldiger Einhaltung des Zwei-Prozent-Ziels für Verteidigungsausgaben ist ein gefundenes Fressen für die Wahlkämpfer in Deutschland. CDU-Finanzstaatssekretär Jens Spahn regte an, statt Sozialleistungen zu erhöhen…
  • Commentary 21 Apr 2017

    Closer to Brussels

    By Constantino Xavier, Garima Mohan
    While traditionally focussed on economics and culture, today the EU and India are taking bold steps to also deepen the strategic dimensions of their partnership. This week’s visit to New Delhi of the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, will likely…
  • Commentary 20 Apr 2017

    Internet Companies Cannot Be Judges of Free Speech

    For U.S. internet corporate giants, Germany has become ground zero in the global regulatory battle on how to deal with hate speech on social media platforms. Facebook’s concern that the draft of a new law currently making its way through the German legislative process “would force private companies…
  • Commentary 20 Apr 2017

    Die Welt zu Gast im deutschen Wahlkampf: Zwei Prozent mehr Ideen?

    Donald Trumps „Rechnung“ über ausstehende Schutzgeldzahlungen und die Forderung nach baldiger Einhaltung des Zwei-Prozent-Ziels für Verteidigungsausgaben sind ein gefundenes Fressen für die Wahlkämpfer in Deutschland. CDU-Finanzstaatssekretär Jens Spahn regte an, doch statt Sozialleistungen zu…
  • Journal article 20 Apr 2017

    An Analysis of China’s Statements on Human Rights at the UN

    In UN debates, China primarily contests implications of human rights rather than the norms themselves. This challenge is nonetheless serious as it facilitates a gradual erosion of established norms and instruments.…
  • Commentary 18 Apr 2017

    It is Time for International Investors to Speak Up About Hungary’s Assault on Democracy

    Earlier this month, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned against an assault on civil society and academic freedom in the heart of Europe. “Europe must raise its voice,” he declared. He was referring specifically to the predicament of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest. The…
  • Commentary 17 Apr 2017

    Data Opens a New Frontier in China

    By Vincent Ni
    There has been a lot of talk about ‘big data.’ What does that mean in China? Well, big data is everywhere in China, from finance to governance. Nowadays if you talk to Chinese entrepreneurs and government officials, they will constantly drop this word into the conversation. It is a buzzword in China…
  • Commentary 12 Apr 2017

    Beyond Fighting Firebrands with Firebrands: How Germany Should Deal With Erdogan

    Turkey and the EU are brandishing their knives in the run-up to the Turkish referendum. Ahead of the April 16 plebiscite, in which Erdogan hopes to pass sweeping constitutional reforms to cement his authoritarian rule, he has taken to rallying abroad. To secure the vote, he is complementing his…
  • Commentary 12 Apr 2017

    Referendum in der Türkei: Wir dürfen die Brücken zur Türkei nicht abreißen

    In der Beziehung zwischen der Türkei und der EU herrschen gegenwärtig goldene Zeiten für Marktschreier. Bei den letzten Schritten seiner Transformation in einen lupenreinen Autokraten fühlt sich Erdogan seiner Machtbasis so unsicher, dass er neben innenpolitischer Repression auch auf beständige…
  • Commentary 12 Apr 2017

    Why Policymakers Should Care About Weak Digital Infrastructure Abroad

    Last month, INTERPOL cybercrime experts travelled to Sri Lanka to advise local police officers on cybercrime investigations and the development of digital forensics capabilities. Similar workshops have slowly been set up in various countries where digital infrastructures are being developed, and…
  • Commentary 10 Apr 2017

    Why Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro Doesn’t Look Finished Quite Yet

  • Commentary 07 Apr 2017

    Gerechtigkeit für Syrien

    Mit dem Giftgasangriff vom Dienstag hat die Gewalt in Syrien einen weiteren Höhepunkt erreicht. Mindestens 72 Menschen starben bei dem Angriff, darunter 20 Kinder. Seit Ausbruch des Bürgerkrieges im März 2011 dokumentieren Menschenrechtsorganisationen die Verbrechen des Assad-Regimes und anderer…
  • Commentary 05 Apr 2017

    Here is How German Courts Are Planning to Prosecute Syrian War Crimes

    Today’s news from Syria, where an apparent chemical weapons attack has taken the lives of dozens of civilians (including children), reminds us once again of the desperate need for justice for those who have suffered atrocities in that country’s civil war. Yet there are grounds for hope. Last month,…
  • Commentary 05 Apr 2017

    Orbans „illiberaler Staat“: Deutsche Unternehmen müssen dem Spiel ein Ende bereiten

    Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier mahnte am Dienstag, Europa dürfe „nicht schweigen, wenn der Zivilgesellschaft, selbst der Wissenschaft – wie jetzt an der Central European University (CEU) in Budapest – die Luft zum Atmen genommen werden soll.“ In einer in der EU bislang beispiellosen Attacke…
  • Interview 03 Apr 2017

    Dealing with the Authoritarian Challenges to Liberal Democracy

    Badisches Tagblatt: What has stopped the global spread of liberal democracy that many hoped for and expected in the 1990s? Thorsten Benner: Liberal democracy means separation of powers, rule of law, minority rights, and a permanent contest of interest groups. All this presupposes political elites…
  • Interview 03 Apr 2017

    Für viele ein attraktives Paket

    BT: Herr Benner, was hat den globalen Siegeszug der liberalen Demokratie, an den man in den 90er Jahren glaubte, gestoppt? Thorsten Benner: Liberale Demokratie heißt Gewaltenteilung, Rechtsstaat und Minderheitenrechte, Dauerwettstreit der Interessengruppen. All das setzt politische Eliten voraus,…
  • Commentary 28 Mar 2017

    2% More Ideas? Military Spending and Germany’s Electoral Debate

    The 2017 election season has barely begun, but foreign policy is already caught up in politics. It all started with President Trump’s demands for higher military spending and a rhetorical gaffe by Jens Spahn, a deputy minister of finance from Angela Merkel’s CDU party, who said the country should…
  • Commentary 28 Mar 2017

    Mehr Ausgaben für Sicherheit – Brot und Bomben

    Kaum geht der Wahlkampf los, schon ist die Außenpolitik mitten drin. Auslöser sind Trumps Forderung nach höheren Rüstungsausgaben und der rhetorische Patzer des CDU-Staatssekretärs Jens Spahn, der lieber in Waffen als in Sozialleistungen investieren möchte. So ein Elfmeter ist schnell verwandelt.…
  • Commentary 27 Mar 2017

    Renaissance of the Militant Democracy?

    The collapse of democratic forms of government is still most commonly associated with violent coups, military juntas, or civil war. If current trends persist however, democracies could increasingly fall apart without any of these martial displays. Paradoxically, autocracies could be ushered in…
  • Commentary 23 Mar 2017

    The End of Western Arrogance

    “This is not your world,” they want us to know, “and history is not moving in your direction. You will have to reckon with us.” Five years ago, this is how Michael Ignatieff described Russia and China’s message to the West, a message issued in the way they dealt with the Syrian Civil War in the UN…
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