Didi Kirsten Tatlow 22. November 2018 Cultural Relativism and Power Blindness: Some critical observations on the state of Germany’s China debate For decades, Sinologists who were largely blind to China’s expansive power politics have dominated Germany’s political advice circles, cultivating an image of China that our author calls “Late Orientalism”. Shaped...
18. September 2018 Save the Council of Europe With the annexation of Crimea and the undeclared war in Eastern Ukraine, the Russian leadership gravely violates the principles of the European peace order. In response, the Parliamentary Assembly of...
Attila Juhasz 16. April 2018 After the Elections: Hungary Divided The elections on April 8, 2018 gave Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party another two-thirds majority in parliament. Attila Juhasz explains why this does not imply a broad support for the concept of ‘illiberale democracy’. The hungarian...
Dahlia Scheindlin 21. March 2018 Populist nativism of the East, West and Israel The anti-liberal revolt ist not limited to the US and Europe. Tendencies towards an ‘illiberal democracy’ and ethnic nationalism can be observed in Israel as well. The Israeli author Dahlia...
Nikolaus von Twickel 19. March 2018 The Putin System and the Kremlin’s Influence in Europe On March 13 the Center Liberal Modernity held its first international conference on Russia. The event’s main intention was gaining a deeper understanding of the Putin System and to find out...
Ralf Fücks, Marieluise Beck 18. March 2018 Understanding Russia A Russian agent who switched sides is attacked with a military-grade nerve agent in a provincial English town. Prime Minister May holds Moscow responsible for the attack. Are we back in the...
Ralf Fücks 05. March 2018 Notes From Berlin — Another Fast Roundup of Current Political Developments in Germany What the decision for another „Grand Coalition” led by Chancellor Merkel implies for Germany, EU and the Transatlantic Alliance.
Antonella Forganni 28. February 2018 Elections in Italy: Sliding Slowly, Eyes Wide Open, into Durable Decline During the election campaign, appealing to people’s anger and demonizing the opponents is the most common strategy. Political programs hardly matter. The political landscape is highly fragmented. In election polls,...
Marieluise Beck 19. February 2018 Three years after Minsk II: Where are we now? Recapitulation of a faltering peace process: the second Minsk Agreement of February 2015, intended to put an end to the war in eastern Ukraine and to set a political process in motion,...
Matthias Meisner 05. February 2018 Far-right extremists in the Bundestag: Radical delegates from Saxony The five AfD Members of the Bundestag from Saxony are among the most radical in the party’s (Alternative for Germany) parliamentary group. At a party event near Pirna, the party base...
Jan Minx 25. January 2018 More Courage Needed to Protect the Climate The rapid development of wind and solar energy alone will not put an end to climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise around the world. Even Germany has not...
