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Abstract The Indian Ocean today is critical for the future of the EU and India. The rise of piracy in the late 2000s demonstrated the pernicious effect non-traditional security threats can have on European and Indian economic growth prospects. While both aim to ensure a rules-based order,…

Der kanadische Publizist Michael Ignatieff beschrieb die Botschaft Russlands und Chinas an den Westen vor fünf Jahren so: "Dies ist nicht eure Welt, lassen sie uns wissen, und die Geschichte bewegt sich nicht in eure Richtung. Ihr werdet mit uns rechnen müssen“. Anlass war der Umgang im UN-…

New technologies are creating both opportunity and danger for human rights activists. Social media platforms, anonymization and encryptions tools, and widespread internet access are empowering activists to exchange ideas, document abuses, and disseminate information to wider audiences. On the flip…

Abstract With possible United States retrenchment and a growing number of conflicts, both the European Union and India are set to play a greater role in securing their overlapping extended neighborhoods. Crisis management, stabilization, and peacebuilding will play a central role in these endeavors,…

United Nations entities have long entered into multi-stakeholder partnerships with companies and civil society organizations. However, concerns about transparency, accountability, and effectiveness have prompted new discussions about the potential need for greater intergovernmental oversight over…

Executive Summary Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become critical catalysts for sustainable development. Yet no country will be able to reap the full potential of ICTs without also building cybersecurity capacity to address the risks associated with connectivity, such as…

The Leahy Amendment, or Leahy law, is a little known piece of United States legislation that bans US assistance to units of foreign security forces where there is credible information that a member has committed gross violations of human rights. The Leahy law has accomplished far less than its…

On March 2 and 3, German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to Egypt and Tunisia. Concerns about migration and refugees will top the agenda of her talks with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed. As she prepares for crucial elections this September, for…

Autoritäre Regierungsmodelle würden sich bald auf dem Müllhaufen der Geschichte wiederfinden. Dabei sollte westliche Demokratieförderung (sei es durch politische Stiftungen oder die Arbeit von ngos) tatkräftig nachhelfen. In der Nachbarschaft (von der Türkei bis Russland) würde die normative…

Germany’s two most recent foreign ministers, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Guido Westerwelle, both made a point of demanding the removal of US nuclear weapons stationed in Germany. In 2009, Steinmeier argued that the system of nuclear deterrence had become “ineffective, risky, and irresponsible” and…

Lange gehörte es zum guten Ton, den Abzug der US-Nuklearwaffen aus Deutschland zu fordern. Der ehemalige Außenminister – und designierte Bundespräsident – Frank-Walter Steinmeier argumentierte etwa im Jahre 2009, das System der nuklearen Abschreckung sei „ineffektiv, riskant und unverantwortlich“…

The World Humanitarian Summit set ambitious targets to maximize existing resources in critical situations, including harmonizing donor reporting. We analyzed existing processes to identify factors leading to reporting inefficiency and opportunities for harmonization.…

This spring, the German Federal Cabinet will approve new guidelines for managing crises and conflicts. As with any other German foreign policy document, the guidelines will acknowledge the universality of human rights, as well as the importance of human rights to sustainable peace. These are well-…

Afghanistan’s history has long been dominated and shaped by the interaction of militias with the state. In the post-2001 era, international actors, sometimes with Afghan state cooperation, have tried to use militias to fill perceived gaps in security. Since 2002, a range of foreign-backed local,…

Wie jedes außenpolitische Grundsatzdokument der Bundesrepublik Deutschland werden die neuen Leitlinien für Krisenengagement und Friedensförderung die Universalität der Menschenrechte anerkennen und ihre Förderung versprechen. Das ist gut. Sie werden auch betonen, dass Menschenrechte und nachhaltiger…

Takeaways from a Transnational European Discussion Growing numbers of asylum seekers have made short-term crisis management the focus of refugee policy in the European Union. How asylum policy might develop in the medium and long term, however, has been largely overlooked. And yet that question…

Abstract Now more than ever, governments are calling on the private sector to contribute to achieving economic, social and environmental goals. While the UN system and its agencies, funds and programmes have long entered into partnerships with companies, the increase in the number and types of…

Abstract Die Vereinten Nationen schließen nicht erst seit gestern Partnerschaften mit Unternehmen. Allerdings geben die Zunahme der Kooperationen und die Art der Zusammenarbeit in den letzten Jahren Anlass, Bedenken in Bezug auf Transparenz und Rechenschaftspflicht zu äußern. Die UN müssen eine…

Many French had a feeling of déjà vu when a truck barreled into a Berlin Christmas market two weeks ago, killing 12 – tactically, it seemed to echo an attack in Nice this past summer in which a truck drove into a Bastille Day celebration. In both cases, the so-called Islamic State (IS) claimed…