HSS Podcast - Global Perspectives

Can you still trust your own online trail? The invisible threads of digital manipulation are so subtle, and yet they have an enormous power. In our new episode of #GlobalPerspectives, we, like #AI and #BigData, re-explore the rules of free opinion formation "Writing and not only distorting our perception, but also endangering our #democracy. You want to check further information on this topic? Here are some links to dig in deeper: · EU Digital Services Act https://www.economist...

Since the COVID-pandemic and Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, global fault lines have deepened. System rivalry is becoming a buzzword and Africa seems to be in the center of it. With the Russia-Africa Summit, which took place recently in St. Petersburg, the upcoming BRICS Summit in August in Johannesburg, and the Unite Nations Future Summit next year in New York there is a lot of discussion but also speculation in the international community about a new international order or a new world...

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reactions on the African continent were and still are divided. Africa remains the voting block with the most abstentions at the UN-resolutions on the war. Although being a minor economical player compared to the USA, China, or the EU, it seems that Russia is exercising an outsized degree of political influence across some parts of Africa...

Millionen Menschen leben in Hungersnot. Weltweit hat sich die Lage der #Ernährungssicherheit von Jahr zu Jahr verschlechtert. Die Vereinten Nationen kritisieren dies scharf: „Hunger ist das Ergebnis politischen Versagens.“ In unserem Podcast #GlobalPerspectives erklärt Botschafter Bleicker die globale Nahrungsmittelkrise und ruft die internationale Gemeinschaft zu entschiedenem Handeln auf.

International cooperation faces immense challenges in the face of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and still unresolved consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. At the global level, fault lines have appeared, showing that Europe's and "the West's" power of persuasion and attraction have worn off and do not enjoy unlimited loyalty...

“We cannot discount the possibility of an attack against Allies’ sovereignty and territorial integrity.” This passage from NATO’s 2022 strategic concept states a sobering outlook for the future of defence and security. With security experts Aylin Matlé and Andrea Rotter, we discuss NATO’s concrete and upcoming adjustments to these threats...

Democracies are under pressure worldwide. This year, for example, the Bertelsmann Transformation Index identified more autocratic than democratic states for the first time since 2014. At the same time, many countries of the Global South are alleging that the EU and NATO are pursuing double standard politics...

“Neutrality maybe works in times of peace, but not in times of war” (I. Groza). Moldovan security experts Denis Cenusá and Iulian Groza analyse the country's trajectory from neutrality to discussing EU accession and NATO membership...

In early April, Pakistan underwent a change of power, initiated by a vote of no confidence in parliament. These events momentarily catapulted the country into the media headlines. Recently, both public interest and seemingly political appetite to address the situation in Pakistan and its neighbour Afghanistan have waned considerably. This stands against the development that Pakistan has to deal with millions of Afghan refugees, not least since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan...

After President Joe Biden first announced The Summit for Democracy during his election campaign in 2020, it finally took place in the beginning of December 2021. Over 275 participants from over one hundred countries joined President Biden in this virtual event to discuss the following core topics: strengthening democracy, fighting corruption, and promoting human rights...