The European Union wants to put a tariff on the CO2 content of imports. Can it protect both European industry and the global environment? Steel manufacturers are a resilient species. They are used to working… [Read more]
Decolonising French Feminism: A Work in Progress
Last November, the first high-profile #MeToo revelations sent shockwaves through the French cinema industry, dealing a serious blow to patriarchy. But fighting against the patriarchy cannot exist in isolation from the struggle against racism and… [Read more]
Going, Going, Gone: Trump’s Plan to Sell off US Infrastructure Projects to the Highest Bidder
Let’s face it, the USA’s infrastructure is crumbling. Though politicians across the aisle have been calling for massive transportation infrastructure projects for decades, nothing significant has stuck. Though it’s easy to blame Trump for this… [Read more]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act – Part II: The Protests
This is the second part of a three-part series about India’s Citizenship Amendment Act. In this article, we talk about the rise of student protests in response to the Act. More than ninety days have… [Read more]
Reflections on the State-Led System: How China has coped with the COVID-19 outbreak
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) dies down in Wuhan and gains tide outside of China, discussions on what the Chinese government (CCP) has done right to curb the spread on its territory have grown. As a… [Read more]
UPDATE: The Governance Post Event Series – Call for Applications
UPDATE: Due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, the deadline for submissions for the upcoming Governance Post Event Series has been delayed until 26 April 2020. The Hertie School’s Communications Team, in partnership with The Governance… [Read more]
The Path from “Peace Deals” to Peace in Afghanistan
The Doha peace agreement between the USA and the Taliban is an important opportunity to end the devastating war in Afghanistan; however, the hardest part will be the intra-Afghan negotiations determining the political system, the… [Read more]
“US Wahlen 2020”: From the United States into Your Ears – Podcast
Fabian Masarwa (MPP 2020) und Moritz Czygan (MPP 2020) talk about election campaigning and the primary season in the United States. So far, not so interesting. What’s new and interesting: They record and upload their… [Read more]
Opinion: On being a minority in India right now
It isn’t merely a Hindu versus Muslim issue. It’s a Hindutva (Hindutva ≠ Hinduism) versus Secular India issue. A battle raging in the world’s largest democracy. This piece is not part of the existing Indian Citizenship Amendment… [Read more]
No Country for Two Peoples: Unraveling Israeli State Validation of the ‘Deal of the Century’
Why did Trump’s latest attempt to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict receive the full support of the Israeli government? Georg Weininger, MIA 2020 candidate and former peace consultant for the Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem, argues that… [Read more]