#CoronaCrisis

[…] Israel’s war in Gaza has left Saudi Arabia hedging its bets on the international stage and has stalled its tentative rapprochement with Iran. How is the ongoing conflict set to shape the nation’s [...]

[…] It’s not enough: if climate-destroying emissions of greenhouse gases fall by an average of 15.5 million tons per year, as was the case from 1990 to 2022, then Germany will not become climate neutral [...]

[…] The winner of next week’s election in Cambodia is clear, but the long-serving leader will face challenges in handing over power to his eldest son while avoiding significant internal conflicts.  [...]

[…] Europe's Democracy - Crisis or Renewal? Democracy does not have it easy in Europe: it has to cope with major challenges of climate change and digitalisation, ensure freedom, sufficient participation [...]

[…] On May 9, 1950, then-French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented a plan that became the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952 and, much later, the European Union. The economy was at the [...]

[…] By Karola Klatt Recently we have seen how Chancellor Olaf Scholz used his so-called Richtlinienkompetenz, a constitutionally granted power, to end the bitter dispute between the two ministers Robert [...]

[…] Wenn im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch von Strukturwandel gesprochen wird, dann sind in der Regel die mit der marktwirtschaftlichen Dynamik verbundenen, mehr oder weniger stetigen Veränderungen der [...]

[…] The coronavirus pandemic, the climate catastrophe and the energy crisis have brought the issue of government’s ability to act effectively more squarely into the public eye than it has been for a long [...]

[…] 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 [...]

[…] Having governed South Africa for 28 years, the African National Congress (ANC) is gearing up for its elective conference in December 2022. Against a backdrop of internal wrangles and economic woes, it [...]