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Deutschlands Verantwortung neu denken – ab jetzt besser organisiert

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.

Expanding oil palm cultivation in Indonesia: changing local water cycles raises risks of droughts and floods

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.

The G20 and Africa – an alliance for sustainability?

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.

Assessing the legal and political implications of the post-Cotonou negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreements

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.

Trump, Brexit, populism – wither multilateralism and liberal world order?

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.

Is world trade facing a spiral into isolationism?

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.

China in Africa: what challenges for a reforming EU development policy? Illustrations from country cases

Grimm, Sven / Christine Hackenesch (2016)
External Publications

Development policy is essential to overcoming international crises, but it must change

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.

Power politics or transnational public policy? European and Chinese development cooperation with Sri Lanka and Myanmar

Henökl, Thomas / Christian Webersik (2016)
External Publications

Die institutionelle Architektur der EU

Reiners, Wulf / Wolfgang Wessels (2016)
External Publications

The Europeanisation of budget support: do government capacity and autonomy matter?

Koch, Svea / Nadia Molenaers (2016)
External Publications

Comparing structure and organisation of development bureaucracies in Europe: a pilot study of European aid administrations

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.

2017: After the magic of beginnings

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

Die EU-Migrationspolitik kann nicht nur aus „Fluchtursachenbekämpfung“ bestehen

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.

Deep preferential trade agreements and upgrading in global value chains: the case of Vietnam

Berger, Axel / Dominique Bruhn / Andrea Bender / Julia Friesen / Katharina Kick / Felix Kullmann / Robert Roßner / Svenja Weyrauch (2016)
Studies 92

How and to what extent can deep preferential trade agreements support upgrading of companies from developing countries within global value chains? The Transpacific Partnership and the EU-Vietnam agreement provide some new opportunities for Vietnam, but potentials will not materialize automatically.

Development Effectiveness: restoring the sense of urgency

Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2016)
The Current Column, 28. November 2016

On 28 November begins the second high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) in Nairobi. When considering the future of effective development cooperation, we should start by appreciating the road it has travelled so far.

Trump’s White House and Paris climate agreement: is Europe up for the challenge?

Messner, Dirk (2016)
External Publications

Pariser Klimaabkommen: Europa kann die Lücke füllen

Messner, Dirk (2016)
External Publications

Lebensmittelsicherheits- und Qualitätsstandards in Thailand und Indien: Vielfalt der Standards und Auswirkungen

Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Sarah Holzapfel (2016)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 13/2016

Um Kleinbauern in Indien und Thailand Zugang zu Märkten zu verschaffen, empfehlen wir eine Sensibilisierung für gute Agrarpraktiken (GAP), den Ausbau der Infrastruktur für die Einführung von Standards und die Förderung institutioneller Arrangements, in denen Kleinbauern bei der Annahme von GAP-Standards unterstützt werden.

Trumps election is a turning point for the world order

Messner, Dirk (2016)
Mitarbeiter sonstige

Donald Trump will become President of the USA on 20 January 2017. Even if he only implements part of what he has announced, a political earthquake will be unleashed. This will radically change the conditions the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement. Efforts to organize global cooperation need to be massively expanded: the EU needs to strengthen its international profile, and it needs a 100-day programme outlining its priorities. The German G20 Presidency can help to strengthen climate protection and the 2030 Agenda. These are the foundations upon which the transatlantic partnership as well as dialogue between societies must move forward.