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The concept of real-time evaluation (RTE) has evolved and spread considerably since its introduction some two decades ago, and since reviews first looked comprehensively at its application. It has formed an integral part of evaluation practice among humanitarian organizations, who are continuing to…

In the future, who – or what – will govern the Internet? The answer to that question could also shed light on one of the biggest foreign policy questions of the decade: As power is shifting among states and diffusing, what is the future of the world order? That first question was in the spotlight in…

Book Review: Amitav Acharya, The End of American World Order ↪ , Polity Books, 2014.Perhaps the most important lesson of the Crimean Crisis, Amitav Acharya recently wrote in The Hindu, is that the U.S. can no longer co-opt rising powers to support its own strategic vision and approach. The…

It has been almost two years since former Defense Minister de Maizière initiated a debate on the possible purchase of armed drones for the Bundeswehr. On June 30, however, the debate entered its next stage. That was when the Bundestag's Defense Committee met for a public hearing to discuss – as was…

Since the start of reporting during the ‘Congo wars’ in 1998 the International Crisis Group (ICG) has been one of the most important sources of information for Western analysts, UN agencies and NGOs dealing with the political and economic challenges of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This article…

Die 2012 durch den ehemaligen Verteidigungsminister de Maizière angestoßene Debatte um die Beschaffung bewaffneter Drohnen für die Bundeswehr geht kommenden Montag in eine neue Runde. Dann treffen sich die Mitglieder des Bundestags-Verteidigungsausschusses zu einer öffentlichen Anhörung, um – wie im…