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Podcast: The arrest, detention, and torture of health workers by the Syrian government

Panel discusses findings of the Physicians for Human Rights report at Centre for Fundamental Rights event.

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Symposium on the occasion of Ulrich K. Preuß's 80th birthday

Discussions honour the work of the constitutional lawyer, political thinker and Hertie School Professor Emeritus of Law and Politics.

Podcast: The fundamental right to a minimum standard of living

Experts evaluate the German Constitutional Court's 2019 decision on conditions for welfare benefits.

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Press freedom in crisis in Europe and the Arab world?

Panellists tell of personal experiences with violence and suppression of free speech.

Podcast: Security and climate change

Panel discusses climate change as a security threat with far-reaching implications for geostrategic environment.

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Video: Francis Fukuyama reflects on the post-Berlin Wall era

Panel discussion focuses on lessons from 1989 for coping with current threats to liberal democracy.

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2019 Michael Endres Prize recipient Adrienne Héritier asks, "Quo vadis, Europa?"

Former German President Horst Köhler, member of the jury, presents prize to the European political scientist.

Podcast: Closing the SDG financing gap

Masood Ahmed discusses the financing challenges related to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Presentation of the Governance Report 2019

German health minister Jens Spahn speaks on modernising the healthcare system.

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Remembering the future

Panel discusses why expressions of bigotry, long objectionable, have sprung to life again.

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The future of the sanctions regime

Security experts discuss Russian sanctions and how the EU and the US can demonstrate more flexibility without signaling a lack of resolve.

How can EU statecraft support sustainable development?

Jeffrey Sachs speaks on opportunities to put the EU in the global lead for SDGs at the Kapuscinski Development Lecture.