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In order to effectively prevent and counter violent extremism (P/CVE), we need to know what works and what doesn't. Evaluation is therefore crucial to improving the practice of P/CVE. This study is the third and final report of a three-year survey series tracking global trends in violent extremism, prevention, and evaluation.…

How can states navigate the unprecedented and seemingly erratic ways in which the current US administration wields its power? Sofie Lilli Stoffel discusses this on the Global Exchange Podcast.…

To safeguard European stability, Germany must focus its security engagement where meaningful results are possible. Emerging risks, from Ukraine to the Western Balkans, require targeted, preventive action. But with non-military resources scarce, rigorous prioritization grounded in realistic success prospects becomes even more essential.…

Whether Donald Trump is a narcissist or not is hard to say. His foreign policy, however, is another story.…

Hybrid forms of extremism are rapidly proliferating, both on- and offline. To understand today’s new, more complex threats, governments should be revitalizing and reinvesting in prevention programs — but instead, they are cutting programs and support en masse.…

Youth radicalization is on the rise, but extremism prevention efforts are not keeping up with this shifting focus. How can evaluations help extremism prevention become more attuned to youth realities?…

Wissenschaftsfreiheit ist eine zentrale Säule offener Gesellschaften und demokratischer Staaten – und autoritären Akteuren oft ein Dorn im Auge. Vor dem globalen Hintergrund stellt sich die Frage: Was lernen wir aus den Angriffen auf Wissenschaftler*innen und die Universitäten für akademischen Widerstand in Deutschland, und wie wappnen wir uns institutionell und individuell dafür?…

Erste Vorboten dieser Entwicklung sind dramatische Gewerbesteuereinbrüche, gerade im Süden des Landes, und der Abbau von Arbeitsplätzen. Wir müssen uns schützen.…

Kollektives Elitenversagen habe uns erpressbar gemacht und deutsche Kernindustrien hilflos dem China-Schock ausgeliefert. Es sei daher Zeit für einen Kurswechsel, schreibt China-Experte Thorsten Benner.…

In 2025, maps (still) shape incentives, but they no longer dictate outcomes. Power travels not only through straits and passes, but along supply chains, data cables, payment rails, and technical standards – and is bounded by power‑backed rules that raise the cost of coercion. This essay keeps Karl Haushofer’s map, where geopolitics still matters, while discarding his myth: geography frames, connectivity scripts and power‑backed rules decide.…

Following terror attacks in the early 2000s, many European and North American governments focused on religious ideology as the main driver of extremism, while neglecting other roots of radicalization. Over time, some have adopted more holistic and less harmful prevention. This brief explains this shift and how evaluations can contribute to course correction.…

Deutschland sollte von Donald Trumps Entschlossenheit lernen und Pekings Monopol bei kritischen Rohstoffen zu brechen, meint Thorsten Benner.…

Forced displacement demands innovative and forward-looking solutions. Supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, GIZ and UNHCR have explored diverse partnership modalities in displacement contexts — moving beyond parallel aid systems toward sustainable, integrated approaches. Joint efforts have focused on including refugees within national systems, ensuring equitable access to health care, local schools, and electricity alongside citizens. This longitudinal study demonstrates how UNHCR and German Development Cooperation are pioneering Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus partnerships to strengthen support for refugees and host communities. Drawing on six years of joint experience across eleven countries, it offers actionable insights and practical lessons on such partnerships.…

This study applies insights from psychological research on narcissism to offer a new approach to understanding — and countering — the unprecedented way the US currently wields power vis-à-vis its allies.…

Germany has finally established a national security council. To truly make German security policy strategic, the council must seriously consider foresight, and imagine possible future developments and policy effects.…

How does the EU frame its role in multilateralism — and is it convincing? An event summary from an ENSURED expert panel.…

A neatly divided world is a thing of the past. We are now heading toward the messy world of multi-alignment.…

The world’s commitment to Sudan needs to be strengthened and coordinated — for the people’s own benefit and for lasting peace.…

Der Pakt mit Pakistan gegen Israel zeigt die wachsende Unsicherheit über amerikanische Garantien. Alte Allianzen verlieren Gewicht, neue Machtblöcke formieren sich.…

10 Jahre nach dem „Sommer der Migration“ sollte Deutschland mehr humanitäre Hilfe leisten. Und die lokale Wirtschaft in Aufnahmeländern stärken.…