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International relations
Sabine Tonscheidt

A call for global engagement

Germany enjoys worldwide respect as a guardian of Western values

Turkey
Timur Tinç

One-man state

The policies of Turkish President Erdogan are destroying trust in Turkey both at home and abroad

Our view
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Wisdom and foresight

To rise to the challenges of IT, the global community will need yet more political innovations

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

What The Economist gets wrong about liberalism

175 years of praising free enterprise

United Nations
Michael Windfuhr

70 years of human rights policy

How human rights gained traction in the past 25 years

Human rights
Michael Windfuhr

A worrisome trend reversal

In order to resist the trend towards authoritarian populism, it is important to un-derstand what is driving it

Global affairs
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Do what you preach

Mahbubani’s criticism of the west deserves attention; his praise for authoritarian Asian leaders does not

Law
Markus Kaltenborn
Reinhard Hermle

Continuity through a new legislative basis

What difference a law on development policy could make in Germany

Governance
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Unconvincing rebranding efforts

The repressive stance of Zimbabwe’s government after recent elections fit the old authoritarian pattern

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

How Kabila wants to stay in power without running for office

It does not look like the DRC is headed for free and fair elections

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Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts