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Vietnam’s preferential trade agreements: implications for GVC participation and upgrading

Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn (2017)
External Publications

The impact of Russia on governance structures in Ukraine

Sushko, Oleksandr (2008)
Discussion Paper 24/2008

Does Russia impact on governance structures in Ukraine? Does the Russian leadership have either a motive or leverage to shape Ukraine’s political system?

Everything, everywhere, all at once? Donor bureaucrats struggle with four dimensions of development effectiveness

Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2025)
External Publications

Emerging trends in International development and climate policy: a focus on Korea and Germany

Klingebiel, Stephan / Thomas Kalinowski / Niels Keijzer (eds.) (2024)
Books

A climate bank for Viet Nam to catalyze green and just transitions

Marois, Thomas / Ulrich Volz (2024)
External Publications

Open science for the ocean: recommendations from the perspective of marine carbon observations in Germany, Brazil, and beyond

Schoderer, Mirja / Henry Bittig / Karel Castro Morales / [...] / Ramona Hägele / [...] & Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2025)
External Publications

Preference convergence, functional pressure and supranational entrepreneurship: explaining the launch and design of the EU's military assistance mission to Ukraine

Romanyshyn, Iulian / Julian Bergmann (2025)
External Publications

The new Washington dissensus: Trump’s five principles for global development policy

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (2025)
External Publications

The Trump administration’s actions related to development policy are rooted in the “America First” doctrine. Their approach is not in line with internationally agreed objectives but narrowly aligned with perceived national interests.

Trump 2.0 and the global order

Klingebiel, Stephan / Max-Otto Baumann (2024)
The Current Column, 04. November 2024

Whereas Trump 2.0 poses a threat to Europe and the West, some actors in the Global South will see a second Trump presidency as an opportunity.

Leveraging the potential of G20 and G7 cooperation

Online, 13. September 2021

This conference is part of a series focusing on the role of the G20 and G7 in support of sustainable development. This year’s conference will focus on the role of the G20 and G7 in promoting the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic that promotes a green and just transformation of economic systems. The conference reflects on the outcomes of…

How to strengthen the EU as a force for global peace

Furness, Mark / Julian Bergmann (2019)
The Current Column, 28. October 2019

The new European Commission is still taking shape, while Commission President von der Leyen has announced that her team will be a ”geopolitical” commission.

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.

Ownership for sustainable development cooperation

Keijzer, Niels / Stephan Klingebiel (2019)
The Current Column, 21. January 2019

Development cooperation is now increasingly taking place under the auspices of donor interests - with far-reaching consequences.

Climate conference in Bonn: good COP or bad COP?

Bauer, Steffen (2017)
The Current Column, 15. November 2017

Two years after adopting the Paris Agreement in 2015, the UN Climate Change Conference reconvenes in Bonn for COP23 to advice the agreement's implementation. They seek to find ways of increasing their nationally determined contributions in the short term without losing sight of national and international development goals in the process.

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.

Sustainable legacy: Elinor Ostrom shaped sustainability research

Bauer, Steffen / Ines Dombrowsky (2012)
The Current Column, 18. June 2012

The heat is on: climate policy must not simmer on the back burner

Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Mariya Aleksandrova (2025)
The Current Column, 19. February 2025

The incoming government will be well advised to reboot and even reframe the debate over Germany’s climate policy.

The heat is on: climate policy must not simmer on the back burner

Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Mariya Aleksandrova (2025)
The Current Column, 19. February 2025

The incoming government will be well advised to reboot and even reframe the debate over Germany’s climate policy.

Do Think Tanks think?

Bonn, 07. August 2012

Linking Research and Global Policy. A Critical Dialogue with Inputs and Comments Panels: Critical Dialogue on the Role of Think Tanks in Global Governance Effectiveness of Policy-consulting vs. Policy-making in Global Governance Processes Challenges for Think Tanks in diverse global Settings: A Chance for new and unorthodox…

The destruction of American development policy

Klingebiel, Stephan (2025)
External Publications

US President Donald Trump had been in office for less than one week when his administration put the work of USAID on ice. The destruction can be slowed, but no longer stopped. What German development policy can do now.