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151. How the European Green Deal should reshape Africa-EU relations

     

     Högl, Maximilian / Christine Hackenesch / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
     The Current Column, 28 September 2020

     Ursula von der Leyen reiterated the European Green Deal’s importance as the flagship of the new EU Commission. The partnership with Africa is particularly important in this regard.

152. Multilateralism needs action, not celebrations

     

     Hendra, John / Silke Weinlich (2020)
     The Current Column, 21 September 2020

     On the occasion of their 75th anniversary, the United Nations will today adopt a political declaration including the telling sentence “We are not here to celebrate. We are here to take action.” 3d

153. We need democracy protection to counter autocratisation

     

     Mross, Karina / Daniel Nowack / Julia Leininger (2020)
     The Current Column, 11 September 2020

     On 15 September, the world celebrates one of humanity’s greatest success models: democracy. Yet today, democracy finds itself under pressure from both internal and external forces, and there are now more autocracies than democracies in the world for the first time in almost 20 years. The international community must act now and engage in democracy protection.

154. Why Germany should give high priority to supporting the African Continental Free Trade Area during the EU Council Presidency

     

     Keijzer, Niels / Clara Brandi / Axel Berger / Frederik Stender (2020)
     The Current Column, 07 September 2020

     There is barely another region of the world in which the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed structural issues with global trade integration so clearly as in Africa. The continent’s exports had already been impacted negatively by price turbulence on the international commodities markets at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.

155. International Cooperation with Fragile MENA Countries in the COVID-19 Context

     

     McCandless, Erin / Bernhard Trautner (2020)
     The Current Column, 24 August 2020

     The Pandemic has a potential upside for the conflict-affected countries in the Middle East and North Africa: building back better, more accountable states and resilient societies through inclusive social contracts.

156. How the international community can support Lebanon’s reset

     

     Trautner, Bernhard / Mark Furness (2020)
     The Current Column, 17 August 2020

     While the explosion in Beirut may signify the failure of an ailing political system, international donors cannot create a new social contract for Lebanon. They should take care to avoid reinforcing traditional political and social structures through their support for Beirut’s reconstruction.

157. Germany’s EU Council Presidency faces a monumental task

     

     Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Julian Bergmann (2020)
     The Current Column, 01 July 2020

     Today sees Germany assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months. In this crisis year 2020, Germany must now get the EU’s internal recovery plan off the ground and pave the way for a future of social inclusion, environmental sustainability and economic success in the Union.

158. A fundamental transformation of tax systems is needed in the wake of Covid-19

     

     von Haldenwang, Christian / Sabine Laudage / Armin von Schiller (2020)
     The Current Column, 29 June 2020

     Tax systems will play a key role in absorbing the social and economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in developing countries.

159. COVID-19 has not killed global populism

     

     Burni, Aline (2020)
     The Current Column, 25 June 2020

     Although populist leaders fail to provide adequate responses to the COVID-19 outbreak, it is too early to say that the virus has killed populism for good.

160. Growing inequality can worsen the pandemic’s effects

     

     Negre, Mario / Daniel Gerszon Mahler / Christoph Lakner (2020)
     The Current Column, 22 June 2020

     The impacts that Covid-19 has brought about in our daily lives are very apparent. Less apparent is the immediate implications of the pandemic for global poverty.