๐ฉFresh in your inbox: GPPiโs first newsletter of the year!
It focuses on how Europe is navigating a global order marked by intensifying geopolitical competition & shifting alliances.
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Due to its supply chain dependencies and competition in core German industries, Germany is dangerously close to a massive โChina Shock,โ argue GPPiโs @tbenner.bsky.social, @jhensing.bsky.social and Florian Klumpp.
What must Germany and Europe do to avoid economic dire straits? Find out here ๐
Montag kommt pรผnktlich zum Kanzlerbesuch in Peking die neue IP zum Thema "China-Schock" heraus.
Habe mit den GPPi-Kollegen Jakob Hensing und Florian Klumpp gern das Titelstรผck beigesteuert.
Resilienz entsteht nicht durch Abschottung und dicke Mauern, sondern durch Reaktions- und Anpassungsfรคhigkeit. Und die beginnt damit, wie wir รผber Zukunft nachdenken.
Was hat Psychologie mit demokratischer Resilienz und Staatsreform zu tun?
Stress verรคndert, wie wir denken.
Er verengt unseren Blick, verstรคrkt den Status-quo-Bias und lรคsst uns an Routinen festhalten โ selbst dann, wenn die Situation das eigentlich nicht mehr erlaubt.
Warum psychologische Ansรคtze wie Narzissmus helfen kรถnnen, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ช๐บ Auรenpolitik strategischer zu machen und aus veralteten Denkmustern auszubrechen (plus Top 3 Dos and Dontโs fรผr den Umgang mit den Trump-USA):
๐๏ธ @sicherheitspod.de #103 ist da. Wir reden รผber Macht, warum Macht eine neue (alte) Rolle spielt und inwiefern Europa (noch) vergleichsweise machtlos ist. Im zweiten Teil erklรคrt uns @sofielillistoffel.bsky.social, warum "Narzissmus" eine hilfreiche analytische Linse mit Blick auf die USA bietet.
3๏ธโฃ countries in 72 hours โ๏ธ
German Chancellor Friedrich Merzโs fast-paced Gulf trip is part of an ambitious push to explore how Germany can diversify its international ties.
@jhensing.bsky.social went on air at @deutschewelle.dw.com's Berlin Briefing to discuss.
๐ICYMI: New Publication on โLocalizationโ in Global Peacebuilding
Following a year of major donors retreating, the field of international peacebuilding is trying to accomplish more with fewer funds.
๐ How is this affecting local peacebuilding? ๐(in German)
My op-ed on Europeโs failure to better support Ukraine ahead of a devastating winter is now available in English.
gppi.net/2026/02/04/a...
What needs to happen now:
1๏ธโฃ Close energy security financing gaps and build reserves of critical components and spare parts (e.g., transformers).
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Mein Beitrag in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social zur Flugabwehrkrise der Ukraine.
TL;DR: Europa kรถnnte mehr tun!
Ganzer Text: www.fr.de/meinung/gast...
๐ ENSURED Blog!
Trumpโs renewed withdrawals from international institutions echo Trump 1.0. A new ENSURED blog by @heinkelmann-wild.bsky.social distils 3 lessons for defending IOs.
๐ takeaway: Western powers & the EU must preserve the rules-based order!
๐: www.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/three-l...
Scenario Booklet is Out!
๐Foreign Malign Influence in the WB & EUโs Eastern Neighbourhood โ 6 Scenarios for 2035 @gppi.bsky.social
The scenarios build on expert surveys about critical uncertainties & underrated future threats
๐Read here reunir-horizon.eu/foreign-mali...
@horizoneu.bsky.social
โฌ๏ธ Following up with our scenario booklet, we are happy to share our next publication:
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๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ
๐ Read here reunir-horizon.eu/d7-1-anticip...
@horizoneu.bsky.social @gppi.bsky.social @bressansar.bsky.social
#REUNIR #Foresight #EU
Berlin - see you there!
๐จHappening Now
Future-Proofing EU Enlargement Against Foreign Malign Influence in the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Georgia&Moldova
This panel examines different approaches to hybrid threats & malign influences among candidate countries @gppi.bsky.social @bressansar.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social
Yesterday, we held a great discussion on future-proofing EU enlargement against foreign malign influence in the Western Balkans, ๐บ๐ฆ & ๐ฒ๐ฉ. Many thanks to our partner @gppi.bsky.social and to the panel with @milanninberlin.bsky.social, former PM Gavrilita, the Foreign Office, Lura Pollozhani & ... /1
Save the date: Ahead of #MSC2026 we want to discuss the future of German security policy and its peace, development + humanitarian interlinkages w Sarah Bressan GPPi & Flotilla Admiral Christian Bock Verteidigungsministerium [10 Feb; German+autosubtitles]. Register here: https://ow.ly/qcAl50Y0CJY
๐จREUNIR event: Future-Proofing EU Enlargement Against Foreign Malign Influence
๐Join us for a panel discussion (co-organized with DGAP) to learn more about EU enlargement, foreign threats, and future-proofing EU policies.
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29 January
โฒ๏ธ 18.30-20.00
๐DGAP, Rauchstr. 17, 10787 Berlin
Registration๐
A marina and waterfront scene with yachts in the foreground and high-rise buildings in the background, suggesting a global financial hub. Oxford Martin School and University of Oxford logos appear at the top. Overlaid text states that Africaโs offshore ties to Asia are growing but remain largely unexamined, and summarises new Oxford research finding that African offshore finance is increasingly routed through Asian financial centres such as Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong, creating blind spots for regulators, researchers and policymakers.
Africaโs offshore finance is shifting east โ but what does that mean?
New Oxford research links Africaโs offshore ties with Dubai, Singapore & Hong Kong as part of a single structural shift, with implications that remain largely unexamined. Published with @gppi.bsky.social
๐ tinyurl.com/4zfwtv3x
๐จExciting opportunity!๐จ
Our Critical and Emerging Technologies team is looking for an intern!
Tasks: Support with conducting research & prep for events
Preferred starting date:ย 1ย February, for aย period ofย 2โ3ย months
Compensation: โฌ800 for full-time internships
More info & how to apply here ๐
den ganzen Artikel gibt es jetzt hier zum download @gppi.bsky.social:
๐จ New Research on the worldโs first legally binding treaty on AI:
Wade Hoxtell (@gppi.bsky.social) explores the negotiation process behind the Council of Europeโs new โFramework Convention.โ How robust, effective, & democratic will this treaty prove to be?๐ www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
๐ REPORT: WHO Reform
During COVID-19, all eyes were on the World Health Organization (WHO) ๐. It exposed structural weaknesses and underlined the (already-existing) need for reform.
In a new ENSURED report, รscar Fernรกndez and Mirko Heinzel (Maastricht University) take stock of these reforms ๐
Can international organisations be both effective and robust โ or must one always come at the expense of the other?
Read about the trade-offs IOs must navigate to deliver results while remaining resilient to existential challenges: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
๐จ๐จ๐จ Letzte Chance fรผr Restplรคtze: Berlin, morgen/๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต 18 ๐จ๐ต๐ฟ -- "๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ", Studienvorstellung und Diskussion bei der Robert Bosch Stiftung Berlin.
Details: www.linkedin.com/posts/philip...
Anmeldung erforderlich, bitte ASAP an Olga.Komorowski@bosch-stiftung.de
๐ฃ Online launch event: Action Potentials - Neurotechnology, Brain-Computer Interfaces and Implications for Germanyโs and Europeโs Foreign & Security Policy
๐ 13 October 2025
โ 16:00-17:00 CET
๐ป Online via Zoom
Thank you to the French Embassy for hosting the event and to our distinguished colleagues who joined Chris for the panel discussion. French Ambassador Delphine O, @balnik.bsky.social from (@gppi.bsky.social ), Egzi Akarsu (The ONE Campaign), and moderator Leonie Stamm (@dgap.org).
โก๏ธ The next episode of Ideas ofโฆEnergy is here! โก๏ธ
Doris Segets joins us to talk about #Energy and #Science.
Donโt miss it!
1 Oct, 7pm, Chausseestraรe 111, 10115 Berlin
Sign up: ๐ tinyurl.com/ycbhzvaa
In cooperation with @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social & @gppi.bsky.social
