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Integrated approaches for a circular economy in German development cooperation

Never, Babette (2023)
The Current Column, 13. February 2023

In the context of green industrial policy, the circular economy offers tremendous overlooked potential for creating green jobs and conserving resources in Africa and beyond.

How significant is The Limits to Growth today?

Stamm, Andreas / Jakob Rhyner / Hartmut Ihne (2022)
The Current Column, 30. May 2022

The history of The Limits to Growth has shown that research conducted in this way can actually initiate worldwide political debates and anchor them in the public consciousness.

Powerful EU support to Ukraine would defeat Russian war aims

Furness, Mark / Julian Bergmann (2022)
The Current Column, 09. May 2022

The EU should make every effort to support the humanitarian response to the crisis, the people it has displaced, and the countries where they have sought refuge.

Why the next German government needs a long-term approach to Tunisia and Morocco

Furness, Mark / Annabelle Houdret (2021)
The Current Column, 22. November 2021

The new German government can play a positive role in support of transition in Tunisia and Morocco without compromising on core principles like social justice, human rights and open economic exchange.

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.

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.

Why our narrow view of poverty hinders its eradication

Malerba, Daniele / Francesco Burchi (2019)
The Current Column, 17. October 2019

Rethinking Global Climate Action beyond 2020

Boran, Idil / Sander Chan (2019)
The Current Column, 24. June 2019

The Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) is coming to an end in 2020. Now is a good moment to rethink how a post-2020 climate action agenda should look like.

Preventing the worst from happening is not enough.

Messner, Dirk (2018)
External Publications

We live in turbulent times. The world (economy) is becoming increasingly interconnected, as are political issues around the globe. However, it is the new nationalist approach to world affairs. This approach cannot go well in the long term.

Why Germany should give high priority to supporting the African Continental Free Trade Area during the EU Council Presidency

Keijzer, Niels / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger / Frederik Stender (2020)
The Current Column, 07. September 2020

There is barely another region of the world in which the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed structural issues with global trade integration so clearly as in Africa. The continent’s exports had already been impacted negatively by price turbulence on the international commodities markets at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.

Christina Rademacher-Schulz

Christina Rademacher-Schulz is an Ethnologist and former Senior Researcher of the Research programme "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace".

Partnership in the field of global knowledge cooperation is not a one-way street

Grimm, Sven / Regine Mehl (2020)
The Current Column, 03. February 2020

Partnership skills are required in the global South (not least in the education and research sectors) and the global North alike.

Global standards for the extractive industry: ten years of the EITI and Publish What You Pay

Wolff, Peter (2012)
The Current Column, 01. October 2012

CETA and investment protection reform: winds of change or gentle breeze?

Berger, Axel / Henning Klodt (2016)
The Current Column, 07. March 2016

Last week, the European Union (EU) and Canada agreed on fundamental reforms to investor dispute settlement mechanism as part of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Whether or not the changes introduced to CETA will spark reforms in the international investment system as a whole is now primarily dependent on Washington’s response in the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisia’s civil society

Schäfer, Isabel (2015)
The Current Column, 14. October 2015

The Nobel Peace Prize committee recognises Tunisia’s achievements and underscores the responsibility of this small country to hold high the banner of democracy as the last remaining glimmer of hope from the Arab spring.

Decarbonising the world economy: what needs to happen after the UN Climate Change Conference

Brandi, Clara / Dominique Bruhn / Nannette Lindenberg (2015)
The Current Column, 23. November 2015

Bonn, 23 November 2015. In just a few days’ time, the world will be looking to the UN Climate Change Conference, where an ambitious agreement is set to be concluded with a view to protecting the world from a dangerous temperature increase and to preparing for and responding to the effects of climate change.

The G20 summit in Antalya: who governs the world economy?

Brandi, Clara / Birgit Schmitz (2015)
The Current Column, 12. November 2015

From 15 to 16 November 2015 the heads of state and government of the G20 are set to meet in Antalya to address a range of issues, most notably the sustainable growth agenda and global financial market reforms. Has the G20 become a club for the powerful? Where is the voice of the poorer countries, which are becoming increasingly important to the world economy?

Taking stock of 2030 Agenda: are we making progress with integrated implementation?

Janetschek, Hannah / Imme Scholz (2017)
The Current Column, 24. July 2017

How should the thematic reviews of the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) be designed so that they take account of the integrated nature of the 2030 Agenda.

Ensure a climate agreement and support a transition towards a green economy

Imme Scholz, Niels Keijzer, Neil Bird, Alejandro Guarín (2014)
The Current Column, 04. August 2014

In 2015, the EU needs to achieve both a substantive climate agreement and an ambitious global development agenda with transformative potential. This is necessary not only for increasing global prosperity in a sustainable way, but also for securing its own future.

The Fragmentation of Global Environmental Governance: Causes, Consequences and Responses

Bonn, 29. August 2011

Background: The workshop addressed the emerging phenomenon of institutional fragmentation in global governance today. The term fragmentation refers to the growing diversity and lack of coordination among private or public norms, treaties and organizations that address a given issue area of international politics. An elaborate concept of…