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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Central Asia, Caucasia, Southeast Europe and Russia

George Soros
Dan Nolan

Mission inspired by Karl Popper’s liberal philosophy

The global reach of the Open Society Foundations

Government campaign
Dan Nolan

The slandering of a philanthropist

The vilification of George Soros at the hands of the Hungarian government is baffling

Global warming
Shikha Jha

The case against fossil fuels

Public finances must serve to reduce greenhouse gases

Public budgets
Shikha Jha

Harmful government expenditure

Fossil fuel subsidies are unsustainable in both environmental and budgetary terms

Summer special
Natalia Bezhanishvili
Linda Engel

Return full of experiences and motivation

Natalia Bezhanishvili (20) from Georgia works as a volunteer for Grüne Liga Berlin

Climate-change adaptation
Daniel Nordmann
Till Below

Making flood-risk maps publically available

Climate-sensitive flood protection in the Western Balkans set to reduce risks to people, business and environment

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

In Turkey and elsewhere, democracy is not just majority rule

Universal principles require international monitoring

Authoritarianism
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Post-referendum repression

After a close – and disputed – referendum victory, Turkey’s government is running yet more purges of the police and civil service

Comment
Timur Tinç

Dangerous friend-or-foe thinking

President Erdogan’s divisiveness is plunging Turkey into crisis

Comment
Nassir Djafari

Slipping apart

Turkey and the EU are drifting ever further apart

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
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Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy