Castillejo, Clare (2017) Briefing Paper 5/2017
The European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) is a central part of the EU’s engagement in the area of migration policy. The paper reviews what the EUTF has achieved since it was established at the Valletta Summit in Malta in November 2015.
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (ed.) (2016) Books
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Hrsg.) (2016) Books
Weigel, Moritz / Alexander Demissie (2017) Discussion Paper 8/2017
New climate commitments by African Countries, a new EU strategy on China, and China's growing engagement in South-South cooperation open new opportunities for trilateral cooperation. This Discussion Paper argues in favor piloting EU-China-Africa trilateral cooperation to address climate change.
Demissie, Alexander / Moritz Weigel (2017) Briefing Paper 3/2017
The EU's focus on cooperation with China, China's growing engagement with Africa, and African countries' climate commitments under the Paris Agreement open new opportunities for trilateral cooperation. This paper argues that initial cooperation could focus on supporting renewable energy development.
Muhammad, Dilshad (2017) The Current Column, 20. February 2017
Foreign intervention is usually considered as a red line and that is understandable. But this fact has also blocked the path to explore softer modes of engagement. Here is what Germany can do in the Middle East.
Meyer, Lutz (2017) The Current Column, 15. February 2017
Deutschland ist wirtschaftlich führend und geografisch zentral – doch außen-, entwicklungs- und sicherheitspolitisch ist jetzt Zeit für mehr Verantwortung.
Merten, Jennifer / Alexander Röll / Surya Tarigan / Dirk Hölscher / Jonas Hein (2017) Briefing Paper 1/2017
Oil palm cultivation is expanding rapidly across the globe. Current discussions on ecological impacts focus on the destruction of forests, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. Little attention has been paid to concerns that oil palm expansion has severe impacts on local water resources.
Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger (2017) The Current Column, 30. January 2017
Cooperation with Africa is high on Germany’s agenda for its G20 Presidency. This creates high expectations for Germany and Europe’s future policies on Africa.
Keijzer, Niels / Lorand Bartels (2017) Discussion Paper 4/2017
In 2016 the EU and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States intensified preparations for the upcoming negotiations on the arrangement for their relations after the Cotonou Agreement expires in 2020. This paper assesses the legal and political implications of the upcoming post-Cotonou negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements.
Thomas Henökl (2017) The Current Column, 19. January 2017
Never before has the change of administration in the United States caused this much concern globally, and never before has an US-President incited so much tension ahead of taking office.
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2017) The Current Column, 19. January 2017
Today will see Donald Trump sworn in as the 45th president of the USA, a move that could see the system of world trade plunge into a spiral of isolationism.
Grimm, Sven / Christine Hackenesch (2016) External Publications
Scholz, Imme (2017) The Current Column, 09. January 2017
2017 will be the year in which we must strive to establish the importance, goals, content and forms of international cooperation.
Henökl, Thomas / Christian Webersik (2016) External Publications
Reiners, Wulf / Wolfgang Wessels (2016) External Publications
Koch, Svea / Nadia Molenaers (2016) External Publications
Henökl, Thomas (2016) Discussion Paper 27/2016
Efforts of achieving "policy coherence" and adopting "whole of government" responses to global crises increasingly involve both the national and EU levels in the joint performance of tasks. The DP studies these emerging "administrative spaces" entrusted with desing and implementation of such policies.
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2016) The Current Column, 19. December 2016
Worldwide, numerous actors from civil society, the corporate sector and academia have made the 17 goals and the climate agenda their own business. A remarkable momentum. At the same time, three observations give cause for concern
Schraven, Benjamin / Niels Keijzer (2016) Mitarbeiter sonstige
Eine Verhinderung von Migration ist keine Migrationspolitik. Während Europa jedoch vor allem über die Bekämpfung der Migration reden möchte, wird dem Wunsch vieler Partnerländer nach der Schaffung von mehr legalen Migrationsmöglichkeiten kaum Rechnung getragen. Auch der Ende 2014 veröffentlichte ehrgeizige Zehnpunkteplan der EU-Kommission weist kaum Fortschritte bei einem gemeinsamen Asylsystem und einer neuen Migrationspolitik auf. Das muss sich ändern.
