In order to become a capable geopolitical actor, the EU needs doctrinal concepts, a broad range of instruments to implement these concepts, and the political will to use these instruments.The “Joint White Paper on European Defense Readiness 2030” proposed by the EU Commission contributes to the doctrinal strengthening of Europeans. It takes into account the […]
All too often in Germany, the word “exit” is still associated with an entrepreneurial “end”. But the opposite is true: For start-ups, an exit is a step into the next development phase. Especially by way of an Initial Public Offering (IPO), start-ups can not only mobilize important growth capital, but also put their entrepreneurial independence […]
Trump’s tariff war against the world this week has sealed nothing less than the end of globalization. China is not only hit by 34 percent additional tariffs on all exports to the USA. Rather, American isolationism is also undermining the global economic order in which China has risen to become a trading power since 2001.China’s […]
With the Trump administration imposing “insane” tariffs on the rest of the world, many commentators are worried about the problem of “sane-washing”: imputing cogent rationales to policies that have none. Such naive punditry, they argue, distracts from the grift that is unfolding before our eyes. The Trump family’s moves into the crypto sphere – where […]
So far, the turning point has mainly been presented as a national project, as an upgrade of the German Bundeswehr. Many people often reduce it even further, namely to the special assets and the two percent of NATO spending that Germany now finally wants to deliver.However, since February 24, 2022, it has been clearly defined […]
Viktor Orbán’s invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hungary is nothing less than an open provocation. Netanyahu, who is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity, was to be received in Budapest on Wednesday – in an EU member state […]
A number of geopolitical developments are currently shaking up the global order: alliances that once seemed stable are being renegotiated or even terminated. Protectionism is on the rise and the idea of a globally integrated economy is increasingly being replaced by a fragmented world. And: strategic dependencies are being uncovered and exploited. As a result, […]
One year ago, on Dec. 19, 2023, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser signed a migration agreement in Tbilisi together with her Georgian counterpart Vakhtang Gomelauri. The changed political situation in Georgia now requires a look at the objectives pursued by the agreement and a reassessment with regard to political persecution.According to the German […]
The perception of a risk determines the actions that can be derived from it. For a society, and even more so for a European community, creating a common perception of risk and threat is a central task – our “test of time.” The succession and coexistence of existential crises has rightly shifted the focus to […]
Olaf Scholz certainly wasn’t thinking of Eastern European studies on Feb. 27, 2022, when he spoke of the turning point. Term or not, the caesura caused by Russia’s major attack on Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 is profound and requires a rethink that will affect many different but ultimately interconnected areas. This necessity does not […]