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Currently, industrial policy is experiencing a renaissance in many countries. In Germany and the EU, a debate about costs and benefits of a strategic industrial policy as a response to sustainable innovation and competitiveness is increasingly getting attention. This study...

Globalization and the changes it brings pose challenges for social cohesion. Globalization expert Ian Goldin gave the keynote speech at the High-Level Round Table kicking off the Trying Times conference 2019. In this interview, he explores various aspects of his argument.

Canadian author John Ralston Saul gave the closing speech titled “How to make social cohesion work” at the Trying Times conference 2019. Her argues that the social cohesion of the future needs both diversity and community.

In times of Trump and Brexit, protectionist tendencies seem to be a global trend. The advantages that economic interconnectedness implies are increasingly receding into the background. Foreign-owned firms in the EU and Germany, however, make a considerable contribution to...

On January 1st, 2020, the World Trade Organization is turning 25. This study assessing the economic value generated by this institution by computing trade and welfare that was rendered possible through the WTO’s system. It finds that gains are large and widespread, in...

Are Eastern Germans “wired” differently? The results of the recent state elections in Thuringia, Brandenburg and Saxony appear to support this hypothesis. But, more than anything, they reflect new lines of conflict in society that are very similar in Eastern and Western...

Baseline Study depicting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Executive Summary -

Cross-border EU Citizens’ Dialogues in Frankfurt/Oder, Passau and The Hague

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a two-year Conference on the Future of Europe. Even citizens ought to participate. But how? In order to make participatory democracy a reality, it is essential to avoid only paying lip-service to the idea of...

The Living Document for the 2019 Trying Times Conference summarizes in eight thematic areas the challenges and recommendations identified as relevant to social cohesion in the world of tomorrow.