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261. What is the renewed military offensive achieving?

     

     Trautner, Bernhard / Tina Zintl (2018)
     The Current Column, 31 January 2018

     Barely has so-called Islamic State (IS) been militarily defeated in Iraq and, for the most part, in Syria, and Turkey is once again escalating the old conflict over the Kurdish people in its immediate border region. It is doubtful whether this offensive is actually promoting Turkish interests in the long term.

262. Is Egypt’s economy stabilising the country?

     

     El-Haddad, Amirah / Omar El Shenety / Ahmed Abd Rabou (2018)
     The Current Column, 29 January 2018

     Can the reforms associated with loans address years of deep-rooted structural problems and help launch Egypt onto a new, higher but shared growth path?

263. The granular revolution of the platform economy

     

     Weizsäcker, Franz von (2018)
     The Current Column, 22 January 2018

     Freelancers and platforms are replacing employees and companies – this trend offers many opportunities, though platform companies in particular, but also policy-makers, must take responsibility for ensuring fair working conditions.

264. "But where the danger is, also grows the saving power"

     

     Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2017)
     The Current Column, 22 December 2017

     In this year’s last The Current Column, the German Chancellor from the year 2030 gives her New Year’s address. In her fictional speech, she tells of grave crisis and the resulting challenges of the years past, as well as how despite everything the Agenda 2030 became a success.

265. Time to think about 2019 now!

     

     Kloke-Lesch, Adolf / Christine Hackenesch / Janina Sturm (2017)
     The Current Column, 18 December 2017

     It is high time to shake things up in Europe and make the 2030 Agenda the basis of both internal and external European policies.

266. The future of multilateralism is at stake

     

     Berger, Axel (2017)
     The Current Column, 11 December 2017

     This week sees the 164 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) meet in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for its eleventh Ministerial Conference. However, bubbling under the surface is a conflict that threatens to split the WTO and with it the multilateral trading system.

267. Why it is worth considering consumer trends among the new middle classes

     

     Never, Babette (2017)
     The Current Column, 04 December 2017

     Middle-income countries are seeing growth among their middle classes. The problem is that our planet’s resources are finite. Time for a new consumer policy.

268. Why we need a European development bank

     

     Wolff, Peter (2017)
     The Current Column, 27 November 2017

     The proposal of founding a new European development bank offers some benefits. However, this pragmatic approach does not go far enough.

269. COP23: not great, but good enough

     

     Bauer, Steffen (2017)
     The Current Column, 23 November 2017

270. From debating social justice to proposed solutions - 10 years of the Managing Global Governance programme

     

     Crncic, Zeljko (2017)
     The Current Column, 20 November 2017

     During faltering dialogue processes networks such as Managing Global Governance (MGG) become all the more relevant in the discussion of global problems and inequalities, which is also the focus of our MGG alumni and partner meeting this week.