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Helena Quis and Goran Buldioski / 2025

The EU’s Preparedness Union: From Broad Ambition to Focused Action

Dr. Dominik Hierlemann, Rebekka Vollmer, Dr. Stefan Roch, Dr. Angela Jain / 2025

Policy Brief 5/2025: Fault lines in democracy

Democracy once had it easier. Its global influence is declining, social conflicts are hardening, and trust in state institutions is eroding. At the same time, people are demanding more participation and a stronger sense of...

Julia Christina Hess (interface e.V.), Dr. Felix Sieker (Bertelsmann Stiftung) / 2025

Built for Purpose?

This policy brief published together with the think tank Interface analyses the feasibility of the AI Gigafactories (AIGF) initiative in achieving its goal to train and deploy frontier AI models. With the official call for AIGF...

Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.) / 2025

Mitigating Burdens: Addressing the Impact of EU Sustainable Development Regulations on Neighbouring Countries

This policy brief investigates how the EU’s indirect-land-use-change (ILUC) rules—embedded in the Deforestation-Free Products Regulation (EUDR), the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) and the earlier Timber Regulation...

Christof Schiller, Thorsten Hellmann / 2024

SGI 2024 Policy Brief Transformational Policy Strategies

Affluent democracies that have implemented ambitious, consistent climate frameworks have often also devised effective policies for transitioning to a decarbonized energy system or circular economy.