"We work to make the political campaigning environment more trustworthy, transparent and comprehensible for people." Published: 3 February 2022 Interview A conversation with Sam Jeffers, Co-Founder of "Who Targets Me", about the power of social media, and particularly, of social media advertising in influencing people in election campaigns and ways of making the political campaigning environment more trustworthy, transparent and comprehensible for people.
"Deescalating polarization will contribute to diminishing the problem of misinformation" Published: 3 February 2022 Interview A conversation with Nicole Krause from the Life Sciences Communication Department at the University of Wisconsin about science and political communication and ways to communicate more effectively with conservative, religious and rural audiences.
Blurred Lines: Foreign Policy in the Age of Climate Change Published: 26 January 2022 Analysis At the third session of the 22nd Heinrich Boell Foundation Foreign Policy Conference, the penultimate panel will focus on the German-Indian relationship - and the blurred lines between environmental and climate issues. Noah J. Gordon
The Syrian Women's Advisory Board – lessons to be learned Published: 26 January 2022 An example of misunderstood identity and representation politics on the part of the UN: the international intervention to include Syrian women in the negotiation process was not a success. Rula Asad
Four reasons why care fails and gender-based violence remains resilient in a 'crisis' context Published: 25 January 2022 Commentary What does care mean in a Covid-19 pandemic context? Why does care fail and gender-based violence becomes even more resilient in itself, despite being conceptualised as a "pandemic within a pandemic" in a context of intensifying sexism, culturalist stereotypes and xenophobia, not to mention social policing and the intensive securitization of borders and mobility? Eirini Avramopoulou
Feminist foreign policy in action: exiled Afghan women MPs in Greece Published: 24 January 2022 Commentary Afghan women political representatives want to establish a parliament in exile in Greece: reason enough for me to pay them a visit and show my support. Hannah Neumann
A transatlantic climate alliance? A closer look at the tensions between European and US approaches to climate policy Published: 18 January 2022 Analysis A different policy mix of climate protection in the U.S. and EU creates tensions that make a close alliance very difficult. The deep political divide in the U.S. also raises doubts about the durability of climate policy cooperation. Jörg Haas
Tunisia's migration policy: the ambiguous consequences of democratization Published: 13 January 2022 Commentary In Tunisia, the first decade of democratization did not lead to an expansion of migrant rights. Despite initial attempts to replace the restrictive policies inherited from the authoritarian regime of Ben Ali, domestic and international forces ultimately put breaks on liberal migration reform. Katharina Natter
Artificial Intelligence and Democracy Published: 6 January 2022 Backgrounder This backgrounder explores AI's impact on democracy, focusing on three areas: its influence on the public sphere, its role in election campaigns, and the accountability of automated decision systems in public services. Thorsten Thiel
How Germany’s New Government Might Pursue Its “Values-Based” Foreign Policy in Europe Published: 3 January 2022 Analysis With a new governing coalition, Germany looks to dare more progress in Europe Dominik Tolksdorf