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Gerade erst hat das jüngste Land der Erde Geburtstag gefeiert. Vor vier Jahren beging der Südsudan mit breiter internationaler Unterstützung seine Unabhängigkeit. Seit Dezember 2013 verwüstet ein neuer Bürgerkrieg zwischen dem Präsidenten und seinem ehemaligen Stellvertreter die geschundene…

This week, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will travel to Cuba. His visit will mark the end of a diplomatic ice age in the relations between Cuba and Germany since 2003. During the Cuban “Black Spring” that year, there were arrests of political activists, executions and other human…

Diese Woche wird Außenminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier nach Kuba reisen. Der Besuch markiert das Ende einer seit 2003 andauernden Eiszeit zwischen Kuba und Deutschland. Diese Eiszeit wurde ausgelöst durch Hinrichtungen, Festnahmen von politischen Aktivisten und weiteren Menschenrechtverletzungen im…

The summer blockbuster season presents the perfect opportunity to reflect on one of Hollywood’s biggest off-screen hits from 2014: North Korea’s alleged hack of Sony in response to The Interview, a buddy comedy about the assassination of Kim Jung-un. Because of the Sony hack, The Interview was…

Policy Debates in Brazil, China and South Africa on Protecting People From Atrocity Crimes Executive Summary A decade since the United Nations adopted the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) people from atrocity crimes, most politicians, academics and civil society advocates in the West…

In diesen Julitagen vor 20 Jahren ermordeten serbische Freischärler bei Srebrenica über 8000 Menschen, die meisten von ihnen Jungen und Männer. Die Vereinten Nationen hatten die Stadt zwar zur "Schutzzone" für Zivilisten erklärt, doch weder die Regierungen noch die UN-Bürokratie waren bereit, ihr…

Twenty years ago this July, Serb paramilitaries murdered more than 8,000 people around the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, most of them boys and men. The United Nations had declared the town a “safe area” for civilians, but when matters were taken to the extreme, neither the governments around the world…

Lack of knowledge is not the issue. Through numerous eyewitness accounts, as well as audio and video recordings, the public has learned about the dramatic crossings of the Mediterranean, about the miserable drownings, about the coffins – small and large. But the European Union still fails to handle…

An Wissen mangelt es nicht. Täglich erfährt die Öffentlichkeit von der Überfahrt Asylsuchender über das Mittelmeer, von geglückten und gescheiterten Versuchen, die Landgrenze der EU zu überqueren, von Menschen, die jämmerlich ertrinken. Trotzdem sind wir noch nicht zu einem vernünftigen Umgang mit…

On 18 May, EU ministers agreed on a military operation (EU NAVFOR Med) that could comprise, in its final phase, the boarding, seizure and destruction of suspected migrant smuggling vessels, subject to approval by the UN Security Council. Negotiations before the Security Council appear to have halted…

Whitewashing the Challenges Posed by Viktor Orbán’s Authoritarian Populism Germany is used to the fact that the musings and actions of some of its retired politicians often betray lack of good judgment. Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt regularly defends Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heavy…

The need for faster, more coordinated responses to humanitarian crises has increased in the past decade. The Humanitarian Reform Process (the Transformative Agenda) has reinforced emergency response capacity at the global level and motivated NGOs to join the cause. The Danish Refugee Council has…

As the G7 leaders prepare to gather at the Elmau mountain retreat on Sunday, Russia's absence is fueling debate. Eckhard Cordes, chairman of the German business association representing companies with significant investments in Russia, recently said that barring Russia from the summit was a missed…

As Congress decides whether to grant trade promotion authority (TPA), which would formally allow US President Barack Obama to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the surrounding debate reveals much about attitudes toward economic globalization and, in particular, toward China’s rising…

Since 2004, when an EU directive called the Qualification Directive established criteria to determine refugee status, EU member states can no longer restrict refugee status to people fleeing harm caused by nation-states. However, when escaping harm caused by non-state actors, asylum seekers will be…

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was recently welcomed in Berlin amidst the most serious human rights crisis in Egypt’s modern history. Many, especially in Egypt, read the fact that Germany rolled out the red carpet for the army general-turned-autocrat as an all-out success for al-Sisi. But…

Does the experience of living in the United States lead Chinese people to believe that China should pursue democracy? Our study produced mixed results, as we found that overseas study resulted in significant attitude changes by various means. Education in social sciences and consumption of foreign…