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External interventions to mitigate crises or end conflicts have rarely succeeded. The EU and its member states, in particular, have repeatedly run up against their limits in the civil wars in Afghanistan, the Congo, Libya, Syria, the Sahel region and Yemen. However, the EU –...

Discussions about the societal consequences of algorithmic decision-making systems are omnipresent. A growing number of guidelines for the ethical development of so-called artificial intelligence (AI) have been put forward by stakeholders from the private sector, civil...

Corona gefährdet mehr als die Gesundheit. Corona bedroht vor allem zehntausende von Initiativen und Vereinen, die sich für Menschen in Not einsetzen.

Ein erprobtes Hilfsmittel für das Erlernen von Toleranz ist diese praxisorientierte Fotobox. Sie wird in der schulischen und außerschulischen Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung eingesetzt. 63 Bilder stellen strittige aktuelle Themen aus den Bereichen Gesellschaft, Politik,...

The ECB has announced a 750-billion-euro purchase programme to fight

the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. But like all ECB Programmes in recent years, the new Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) will likely be challenged in court. This policy brief...

One of the key issues in WTO reform is to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of the institution. As it is often hard to reach consensus among 164 member states, one way forward could be that a subset of members deepens cooperation in a specific area. This could take...

On 4 February 2020, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, together with the King Baudouin Foundation and the Open

Society Foundations, organised a DINNER DIALOGUE in Brussels. The topic that evening was the Conference on the Future of Europe and how to meaningfully involve citizens.

Reforming WTO working practices can increase the efficiency of the organisation and raise its attractiveness to its members. This paper summarises the main recommendations from our other publications on reforming WTO working practices.

Industrial subsidies are a major source of trade tensions among WTO members. Cooperating internationally on how to deal with industrial subsidies, improve transparency and create common disciplines would defuse many of these conflicts. This paper summarises the...

Strengthening rule enforcement at the WTO is crucial for the organisation to maintain its relevance. This includes updating the functioning of the Appellate Body. This paper summarises the main recommendations of our other publications on dispute settlement and Appellate...