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281. How sustainable procurement can fight modern slavery

     

     Stoffel, Tim (2020)
     The Current Column, 30 November 2020

     A mix of political instruments, from laws on corporate due diligence through to sustainable public procurement, is increasingly leading the assault on modern slavery.

282. How the EU and AU should strengthen their cooperation

     

     Bergmann, Julian (2020)
     The Current Column, 23 November 2020

     Peace and security remain a key challenge on the African continent and therefore an important issue in EU-AU relations.

283. Time is ripe for a global democracy summit

     

     Leininger, Julia / Staffan I. Lindberg (2021)
     The Current Column, 19 January 2021

     We must turn around current autocratization trends and shield democracy. Learning from the past is then essential for making a global initiative for democracy protection successful.

284. Undoing “America First” at the UN

     

     Hendra, John / Silke Weinlich (2021)
     The Current Column, 18 January 2021

     Biden has announced that “America is back”. To repair some of the damage at the UN, Biden already pledged to re-join the Paris climate change agreement and preserve American membership in, and financing to, the World Health Organisation (WHO)

285. What to expect from a Biden administration in the MENA region

     

     Trautner, Bernhard / Erin McCandless (2020)
     The Current Column, 18 December 2020

     The US President-elect Biden will not relieve Europe, especially Germany, of the responsibility to engage in the Middle East and North Africa in conflict settlement and development cooperation.

286. What role will research play in the “super year” 2021?

     

     Hornidge, Anna-Katharina (2021)
     The Current Column, 11 January 2021

     2021 is going to become a historic turning point. Fight against Covid-19, recovery in economy and society, international environmental and climate policy.

287. How the EU’s new Arctic policy should take account of the pandemic

     

     Götze Jacqueline / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
     The Current Column, 21 December 2020

     The EU, which will adopt a new Arctic policy next year as part of the European Green Deal, therefore needs to harness the current momentum for political cooperation if it is to mount an effective fight against the twin crises of coronavirus and climate in the Arctic and around the world.

288. The SDGs on the threshold of Germany’s election year 2021

     

     Kranholdt, Dominic (2020)
     The Current Column, 19 November 2020

     The Bundestag debate on sustainability could serve as momentum to bring the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals into focus in the 2021 election year.

289. How can development cooperation be more sensitive to power relations?

     

     Kornprobst, Tim / Anna Schwachula (2020)
     The Current Column, 16 November 2020

     While ownership has been a priority of development cooperation since the 2005 Paris agenda if not before, in practice the goals of development projects are often defined by experts from the global North, even though these goals are geared to strategies of the partner governments.

290. Has the ‘Unsocial’ Social Contract perished in the Middle East?

     

     El-Haddad, Amirah (2021)
     The Current Column, 25 January 2021

     Ten years into the Arab Spring, economic changes have been uneven. A transformation which distances the state from regime cronies, creating benefits for both informal workers and the unemployed is required.