Disruption and Reform
In light of global crises and increasingly disruptive, authoritarian forms of politics, forward-looking, cooperative reforms are necessary to secure sustainable development, international cooperation and democratic foundations. In this web special you will find IDOS's work on the dynamics of our 2025/26 annual theme, ‘Disruption and Reform’.
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Stabilization and development in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)
This research and advisory initiative examines the question of what the changes mean for Germany's and Europe's dealings with the MENA countries.
Building knowledge on water governance
The global water crisis is a governance crisis. IDOS researchers analyse water governance problems in a variety of contexts to understand how the use and management of water resources can be made ecologically sustainable and socially responsible.
Security – sustainable and integrated: make environmental risks an integral element in security strategies
Press Release of the German Advisory Council on Global change of 24 March 2026
The application period of the 62nd Postgraduate Programme is open until 31 March 2026
Sustainable Futures Blog: Das Reformkonzept des BMZ – die Puddingprobe
Watch all Videos of the series on International Cooperation
Our expertise on the Trump presidency as well as on other topics
Opinion pieces and media contributions
The Stakes Involved in the WTO Ministerial Conference
The structural crisis of the WTO will dominate the 14th Ministerial Conference. Failure to achieve progress in Yaoundé would reinforce the impression that the WTO is continuing to lose its capacity to act.
Read moreTrump’s tariffs have gutted Agoa’s duty‑free promise: our model shows how
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) was introduced in 2000 as the cornerstone of US development-oriented trade policy towards sub-Saharan Africa. In February 2026, President Donald Trump signed a one-year extension after the programme lapsed in September 2025. Agoa technically lives on after a one-year extension. But its main advantage has largely disappeared since the US added tariffs on top of it, say Tim Vogel and Zoryana Olekseyuk.
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Online, 24.03.2026
Yaoundé, 28.03.2026
Jakarta, 19.04.2026 until 23.04.2026
Current publications
Wie globale Machtpolitik, die WTO-Krise und die AfCFTA Afrikas wirtschaftliche Zukunft prägen
Kornher, Lukas / Frederik Stender (2026)
Facing marine industrialization: challenges of participatory and inclusive governance in the Southern North Sea and the Baltic Sea (Editorial)
Kuhn, Annegret / Achim Schlüter / Irit Ittner (2026)
Afterlives of reclamation: coastal privatization, distanced dispossession, and more-than-human calcifications in Jakarta Bay
Siriwardane-de Zoysa, Rapti/ M. Soufi Gemilang / Assahida Al-Haq (2025)
Dialogue instead of mutual neglect? International political economy meets foreign policy analysis
Fouquet, Stephan / R. Melis Baydag / Klaus Brummer / Stefan A. Schirm / Sibel Oktay / Francesco Niccolò Moro / Manuela Moschella / Cameron G. Thies / Leslie Wehner (Prepublished March 19, 2026)
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