How COVID-19 and disinformation threaten the United States and Germany Published: 20 December 2021 Kommentar For a significant part of the last two years, the United States and Germany were polar opposites with regards to their success in handling COVID-19. While the Trump administration’s chaotic response to the virus left states effectively to fend for themselves, widespread testing, ample intensive care beds, and high levels of trust in the government led to talk of a “German exception” in the early months of the pandemic. By Sam Denney
Reflecting on 9/11, perspectives from a young American Published: 12 October 2021 Commentary The twentieth anniversary of 9/11 and the United States’ disastrous pullout from Afghanistan has prompted a reckoning. But it’s not a new one. By Genevieve Glatsky
Twenty years later, remembering a Tuesday in September Published: 13 October 2021 Commentary Looking back, now with Information Age lenses, 9/11’s aftermath lessons are full of virtues, yet to be capitalized. By Cora Lewis
Where is Europe’s place in the new age of geo-economics? Published: 25 January 2021 Analysis The world economy has become the central battleground for hegemonic rivalry between Washington and Beijing. Several factors have led to this development, first and foremost the economic rise of China. By Roderick Kefferpütz
US election 2020: Of winning a victory for liberal democracy - and inheriting a pile of rubble Published: 11 November 2020 Analysis The election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is a significant victory for liberal democracy in the US and for a policy of compassion and cooperation. At the same time, the new government is facing a political pile of rubble full of enormous challenges. By Bastian Hermisson
I realise in doing this work that it’s important to look at security as a multifaceted concept Published: 20 October 2020 Portrait Stephenie Foster's mission is the empowerment of women, especially to strengthen gender equality and women’s leadership and the establishment of a diverse understanding of security. By Viola Gienger
Camp of Biden and Sanders try unity Published: 6 August 2020 Background The US Democrats want to reunite the country and overcome the social division. To do this, it is necessary to reunite the own political camps within the DNC.
“Trump’s election defeat won’t end structural racism” Published: 11 June 2020 Interview The murder of George Floyd has thrown the United States into a state of unrest. President Trump is throwing fuel on the fire in an attempt to increase his re-election chances. The main problem, however, is historical, structural racism – and not just in the U.S. An interview with Bastian Hermisson, Head of the Foundation’s office in Washington, and Mekonnen Mesghena, Head of Migration and Diversity at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin. By Bastian Hermisson and Mekonnen Mesghena
The social dimension of the coronavirus crisis in the USA Published: 6 May 2020 Analysis The coronavirus crisis is leading to massive social distortions in the US. It is increasing the existing structural inequalities and discriminations in the US economy and society. By Bastian Hermisson
The coronavirus crisis: Where the Trump administration went wrong Published: 14 March 2020 Background The US government's crisis management has so far failed across the board. Donald Trump follows three basic dispositions that have served him as a populist in the past, but which in this situation will cause enormous damage to the population of the USA and could mark his political end. By Bastian Hermisson