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Germany and the Challenge of Authoritarian Capitalism

The goal of German foreign policy is to deter authoritarian expansion and destabilization in Eastern Europe and, should it become necessary, in East Asia, without pushing the global economy backwards towards autarky, towards the breakdown of global economic interdependence. Balance in 21st century... more...

Michael Ignatieff, Canadian Historian and former Politician; Professor at Harvard Kennedy School.

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Germany's Role19.06.2014

German economic policy is clear about what foreign policy should not be!

How can Europe assert itself as a power prepared to use the traditional tools of power when necessary, while promoting a vision of power that aims at constraining them? Europe needs to find a delicate balance between an assertive posture that upholds values and principles, and a... more...

Jean-Marie Guéhenno,
Director of the Center of International Conflict Resolution (CICR) at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

Germany's Partners18.06.2014

Germany's partners need more attention

Europe has for too long been preoccupied with repair jobs. What the EU now needs are major goals again – as well as the courage and self-confidence to believe they are achievable. Major goals are among others the reinvention of the Mediterranean Union, a growth pact for the South, a new... more...

Wolf Lepenies,
former director of the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Cultural Foundation

Human Rights17.06.2014

A German foreign policy for social justice

Social justice should be the commanding principle of German foreign policy. Germany as a rich country should set a good example and must finally ratify the conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on the minimum wage, protection against unfair dismissal, and maternity... more...

Reiner Hoffmann,
President of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)

Germany's Partners16.06.2014

A globalized Germany through a more integrated Europe

Germany's continued success as a strong and peaceful power with stable relations with all of its partners around the world can only be improved through a German foreign policy that strengthen the EU. The EU as a sui generis world power shall make a difference in the world arena. more...

Zhou Hong,
Director of the Institute of European Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Germany's Partners13.06.2014

Germany's Africa policy is ambivalent

Germany's foreign policy and in particular its Africa policy will have always to consider the interplay between its European and global foreign policy. Furthermore, it should provide the answer for how it can build on its previous engagements to advance a more rules-based, multilateral... more...

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos,
Chief Executive, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

Germany's Partners12.06.2014

How can global sustainability succeed?

Global interdependence is greater than ever before. Therefore, Germany holds a great deal of potential to exert a transformative role in global sustainability policy. First of all, it has to answer fundamental questions: how can the international capabilities of all the ministries be... more...

Dirk Messner,
Director of the German Development Institute (DIE), Vice-Chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)

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