China, Uyghurs and Human RightsThis analysis is co-authored by Vanessa Frangville, Hacer Z. Gonul and Julius M. Rogenhofer
A fter becoming a significant global player in the world economy and the global geostrategic calculus, China now…
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D espite ongoing tensions between Turkey and its Western allies, the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a state visit in late September. The success…
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T he German far-right successfully instrumentalises crimes allegedly committed by refugees to mobilise its supporters. These often violent rallies reveal an open affiliation of members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD)…
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I t is an eerily familiar sight: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims victory in a televised address. Across Turkey and several European capitals victory celebrations erupt in chants of the president’s…
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S candalising improprieties in how asylum requests were processed at individual branches of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees is hypocritical because it overlooks the political context in which…
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F or weeks, German domestic politics has been plagued by discussions surrounding German identity, its constituent parts and challenges to German society. These discussions included an important revival of debates around…
A s part of our Monday Talks series, we have hosted Josep Maria Terricabras and Ivo Vajgl in cooperation with Science 14 to discuss the current state of the Catalan crisis. The two senior members of the European Parliament…
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T he current debate around Islam in Germany reveals that Germany has not yet made up its mind as to whether it is ready to embrace its new status a country…