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[…] In May 2021, Swiss leaders formally ended talks with the European Commission to create a trade framework encapsulating a raft of separate free trade agreements between Switzerland and the European [...]

[…] The Arab world is firmly in the spotlight with the COP 27 in Egypt and the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Most governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have a poor track record when it comes [...]

[…] Controversial until the final whistle! The 22nd World Cup will take place from the 20th of November to the 18th of December in the desert emirate of Qatar. The Qataris have invested over 200 billion [...]

[…] Indonesia’s domestic priorities and major infrastructure projects loom large over the organisation of the G20 summit in Bali. But does it have the regulatory framework and political will to pull off [...]

[…] Rishi Sunak's November budget will reveal the priorities of a leader whose deeper beliefs and long-term strategic vision are relatively unknown even at home. Yet while a rapprochement with the EU [...]

[…] These questions were the topic of the second-round table discussion in the series ‘Demokratie im Stresstest’, held onNovember 10, a collaboration between the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s project ‘Democracy [...]

[…] The Republican "red wave" in the midterm elections in the United States failed to materialize. America's youngest and newest voters whose turnout looks to be historic, and its minorities – women, [...]

[…] The inaugural U.S.-German Futures Forum, organized by the Bertelsmann Stiftung in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office, the U.S. Department of State, and the American Institute for [...]

[…] Egypt, the geostrategic hotspot at the crossroads of Africa and Asia, is hosting the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP). Delegates from more than 190 countries will meet in the resort and [...]