It is spring 2026. Leaving Damascus, two Syrian Food Sovereignty activists and me, pass by the blossoming flower fields. On the way to Daraa, it becomes obvious that this is an agricultural area: ...

The debt crisis in many African countries continues. In the following interview, economist Jason Braganza highlights unresolved structural inequalities, rising debt distress, and criticises the G7's ...

What is lost when a region conceives of its place in the world using categories it did not create? Is foreign policy autonomy possible without lenses of its own? These uncomfortable theses do not ...

Mon, Tue, Thu, and Fri, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Foreign Office (AA). International students who have completed their ...

"Frogs win court battle": thus went a headline reporting on a court case in Ecuador in 2020. Biologist Andrea Terán Valdez had filed a lawsuit on behalf of two frog species, against a mining project ...

Migration from Africa will not only occupy European politics in the future; it is already shaping politics in Africa today and is an important factor for economic development. Migration partnerships ...

Good: Germany is on the onset of phasing out coal, industries and working unions are on board Bad: coal exit road map is not Paris-compatible, puts more pressure on other sectors that are harder to ...

The withdrawal of state and private funding threatens feminist movements worldwide. Bureaucratic hurdles make access to resources difficult, while some corporations actively undermine equality. Can ...

Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the landscape of Afghan civil society has dramatically changed. Understanding these conditions and constraints is crucial for external actors, especially as ...

Warring parties drive people off their land, kill livestock and damage crops. They destroy infrastructure and transport networks, disrupt markets and push food prices up. Conflicts are one of the main ...

Remy Zahiga, a young Congolese climate and social justice activist, explores the history of the uranium used for the production of nuclear weapons that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during ...

Every year, approximately ten million tons of plastic waste end up in the world's ocean. An estimated total of 86 million tons of plastic has been introduced into the seas so far. The plastic waste ...