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Thorsten Benner
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is co-founder and director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin.
Europe and China: Cooperation without Blinkers

Beyond the Seas

Europe and Germany are dependent on cooperation with China on global challenges. But Brussels and Berlin need to defend their interests.

Enough Babble

Berlin Policy Journal March/April 2019

Talking about “greater responsibility” has seriously  damaged Germany’s foreign policy debate. Time to ditch it. Policies are about interests. In May 2010, German President …

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Out Now: May/June 2020 Issue



+++ The coronavirus crisis has brought Europe and the rest of the world to a standstill. What are the effects of the pandemic on international affairs? The future of the EU depends on how it handles the crisis, argues Daniela Schwarzer. Much is riding on the German EU presidency. David Goodhart makes the case for a retreat from hyperglobalization, and Richard Sennett foresees big changes coming to our way of life; Efi Koutsokosta profiles Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis; Noah Gordon, in his Carbon Critical column, points out that solar, like oil, has its overcapacity problems; and much more +++

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