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The 2015 European Neighbourhood Policy Review: more realism, less ambition

Furness, Mark / Isabel Schäfer (2015)
The Current Column, 26. November 2015

In its latest review of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) the EU has retreated from proposing models for its neighbours, instead concentrating on cooperation in areas where there are concrete interests on both sides.

Power up One Health to effectively combat antimicrobial resistance!

Srigiri, Srinivasa / Angela R. Schug (2024)
The Current Column, 09. September 2024

Nearly a decade has passed since antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerged as an issue of international cooperation. Without sufficient action at all levels, human life losses caused by AMR are estimated to reach up to 10 million each year and economic losses to the tune of 3.8 percent of world’s GDP and up to 5 percent in low and middle income countries by 2050.

Trade experts urge globally balanced trade rules, foreign investment into development as G20 summit starts

Right before the start of the G20 summit in Hamburg on Friday, high-level policymakers and trade experts came together to emphasise the need for both globally balanced trade rules and foreign investment into development.

Further Theme Specials

Further Theme Specials Jump to: UN80 Initiative Trump's comeback in the White House Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) Russia's war against Ukraine Investment Facilitation for Development Development Finance at a turning point Tomorrow's Development System Gender equity and development: Embracing an intersectional lens Setting the course for a new German development policy Strengthening global health Building knowledge on water governance Ocean and Polar regions…

Connected, contested and complex – Why Europe needs a global strategy

Messner, Dirk / Ewald Wermuth / Giovanni Grevi / Teresa Ribera / Kevin Watkins (2015)
The Current Column, 03. July 2015

Hidden in the small print of last week’s European Council conclusions was an important commitment leading to a "EU global strategy on foreign and security policy"

The Nexus Water - Energy - Land - Climate

Special „The Nexus Water - Energy - Land - Climate“: This topic special presents relevant works and activities on which incentives, governance mechanism and policy instruments could reduce negative effects and stimulate win-win solutions.

Cross-mediterranean energy transition: a multi-dimensional endeavour

Vidican, Georgeta (2012)
The Current Column, 30. April 2012

Crisis in the Eurozone … and what it means for developing countries

Wolff, Peter (2010)
The Current Column, 17. May 2010

Engaging Crimea: Prospects for Conflict and Cooperation

Bonn, 09. April 2015

A year ago on 16th March 2014 the Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a highly controversial referendum on its legal status. A translation of the referendum questions from Ukrainian and Russian to English indicated a choice between autonomy within Ukraine as per the 1992 constitution or joining the Russian Federation. Maintaining the…

Energy and water for MENA: From risks to opportunities

Vidican, Georgeta / Annabelle Houdret (2014)
The Current Column, 05. May 2014

Innovative solutions are needed to transform risks of the energy and water crises into opportunities in MENA. A nexus approach could contribute to reducing regional vulnerabilities.

With which H2 can a global hydrogen economy be constructed?

Stamm, Andreas / Rita Strohmaier / Ece Oyan (2023)
The Current Column, 16. October 2023

Germany should develop strategies at an early stage to pursue the goal of a green, not blue, hydrogen economy. Future hydrogen partnerships with third countries should prioritise electrolytically produced hydrogen throughout.

Germany’s new foreign policy

Special „Germany’s new foreign policy“: In this special, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) presents its latest work on the role of Germany and Europe in dealing with global challenges that must be overcome in the coming decades.

Bringing development policy (back) in the picture

Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2024)
The Current Column, 29. January 2024

Continuing the current direction of assertively and pragmatically pursuing the EU’s geostrategic interests carries the risk of fuelling conflicts of interest with a more assertive Global South.

Europe should prepare to support long-term Palestinian state-building

Furness, Mark (2023)
The Current Column, 20. December 2023

Politically, the Gaza war has brought the scenarios for future Israel-Palestine relations into sharp focus.

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.

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.

How the international community can support Lebanon’s reset

Trautner, Bernhard / Mark Furness (2020)
The Current Column, 17. August 2020

While the explosion in Beirut may signify the failure of an ailing political system, international donors cannot create a new social contract for Lebanon. They should take care to avoid reinforcing traditional political and social structures through their support for Beirut’s reconstruction.

A five-point plan for dealing with the refugee crisis: there are no small solutions to big problems

Messner, Dirk (2015)
The Current Column, 11. September 2015

Bonn, 11 September 2015. Europe and Germany cannot be an island of contentment, because cross-border crises do not simply disappear by building walls, looking away and failing to act.

What should (and what should not) be done to ease the Syrian refugee crisis?

Furness, Mark / Annabelle Houdret (2015)
The Current Column, 08. September 2015

In recent weeks the flood of Syrian refugees seeking protection in the EU has developed into a crisis without precedent in recent European history.

Global Governance and the State of Nuclear Weapons

Berlin, 12. June 2013

The agenda on nuclear disarmament has come to a standstill. This was the sombre assessment of Professor Ramesh Thakur , as he opened the 5th Käte Hamburger Lecture on 12 June in Berlin. The number of nuclear weapons had indeed gone down over recent decades, he said, but there were still almost 18,000 of them in existence - 2,000 available…