Events:

Jürgen Trittin: Continuity and change in foreign policy

Thursday 01. January 01:00 - 01:00

The German government should base its external decisions more on multilateral, economical and ecological principles in order to manage new global challenges. Multilateral organizations like IMF and UN should be reformed to strengthen their legitimacy and their capacity to act. The strategy of the Green Party – so-called “New Green Deal” - consists of an effective combination of economy and ecology, and is designed to face the economic crisis and the global warming. The stabilisation of the financial markets would only be successful, if it is based on protection of the environment and a program against poverty. Those were the most important statements made by Jürgen Trittin, assistant chairman of the political party Bündnis 90/ DIE GRÜNEN in the parliament. He held his speech “Continuity and change in foreign policy” on 30th June in the DGAP in Berlin.

DGAP, Berlin
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Poland in Times of the Financial Crisis

Thursday 01. January 01:00 - 01:00

To which extent has the Polish economy been affected by the international financial and economic crisis? What is the Polish government’s economic policy and what are its effects? Which measures did Poland take to counter the crisis and how succesful were they? How is the Polish economy going to develop in a short and medium-term perspective? When is Poland expectedly going to enter the Euro-zone? Participants of the Round Table Poland debated these among other questions on Monday, 29 June 2009 at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).

DGAP, Berlin
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Germany’s Engagement in Afghanistan

Thursday 01. January 01:00 - 01:00

How successful are the stabilization efforts made in Afghanistan? Which goals want the Germans to accomplish on-site? What would a revision of the strategy for Afghanistan look like? These questions among others were discussed by Winfried Nachtwei, MdB (Spokesman on Foreign and Security Affairs of Alliance 90/The Greens), Lieutenant General Rainer Glatz, Commander of the Armed Forces Operational Command, Dr. Christoph Grams, expert for civil military co-operation at the GTZ, FOCUS editor Thomas Wiegold, and the DGAP expert for defence, Svenja Sinjen, during a panel discussion on „Germany’s Engagement - What Should and What Do We Want to Do?“. The panel discussion, organized by the ‘Berliner Forum Zukunft’ of the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and the ‘Initiativkreis Zukunft’ of the German Association for Defence Technology (DWT), took place on June 25th at the DGAP.

DGAP, Berlin
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The Role of the EU in the Middle East Peace Process

Thursday 01. January 01:00 - 01:00

Is the European Union capable to substantially contribute to a settlement of the Middle East conflict? What are the EU’s preconditions vis-à-vis the conflict parties to become further engaged in conflict resolution? Most importantly, however, does the EU have enough leverage to promote peace besides the efforts being undertaken by the Obama administration? The panel discussion which took place in the representation of the European Commission to Germany on Wednesday, June 24 addressed the EU’s changing role in the Middle East. The event which was hosted by the representation of the European Commission was co-organized by the Euro-Israeli Cooperation Platform (EICOP) of which DGAP’s International Forum of Strategic Thinking is a member.

Vertretung der Europäischen Kommission in Deutschland, Berlin
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A tour d'horizon of Germany: The 4th Diplomatenkolleg has come to an end

Thursday 01. January 01:00 - 01:00

“I now have a fuller picture of Germany, ” was how Tomáš Ehlers from the Czech Embassy summed up his experience with the Diplomatenkolleg at this year's closing ceremony, echoing the sentiments of his fellow participants. At the end of their tour d’horizon of Germany the participants in the 4th Diplomats College emphasized particularly the range and depth of the insights they had acquired into Germany’s politics, economy and culture.

DGAP, Berlin
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Latest Publications

IRENA and RuDEA—Germany Promotes Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Globally

The fight against climate change and a tightening competition for energy sources pose global challenges for our energy supply. Germany has propagated renewable energy and energy efficiency as elements of its foreign energy policy in order to address these challenges. Two organizations are currently in the focus of attention: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), founded at the end of January 2009 at German instigation, is currently in the setup-process. The Russian-German Energy Agency (RuDEA), aimed at improving the energy efficiency in Russia, is planned to launch in mid-July. The complementary strategies of IRENA and RuDEA were the topics of two expert discussions conducted by DGAP’s Foreign Energy Policy Program: Economies worldwide shall become independent of fossil energy sources by increasing the share of renewable energy and by raising energy efficiency. Additionally, these measures shall secure the supply of fossil energy sources during the decades of transition, especially with the relatively climate-friendly natural gas.

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Learning and Change in European Foreign Policy
by Cornelius Adebahr
Crisis in Russia-EU energy relationship / Energiebeziehungen zwischen Russland und der EU in der Krise
by Stefan Meister
Regional Leaders in the Global Security Arena
by David Bosold, Kathrin Brockmann (eds.)
Don’t Go It All Alone
by Marcel Viëtor

Internationale Politik

Spring Edition 2009: A new Transatlantic Partnership

If Europeans could have voted in the 2008 US presidential election, they would have voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama. It is no secret that Europeans are greatly relieved to see the end of the George W. Bush administration and are thrilled to have Barack Obama as the new leader of the United States and the Western alliance.

But now that the initial euphoria has worn off and the hard work is beginning, the Europeans and their old ally across the Atlantic have plenty of lost ground to make up and a raft of burning crises to address. For all of the bruises that the transatlantic partnership suffered during the Bush years, the foundation of a solid alliance still exists and there are an array of common interests that demand multilateral solutions.

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Event calendar:

Die Auswirkungen der Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise auf die Luftfahrt
Monday 06. July 18:30 - 20:00
DGAP, Berlin

Neuordnung der globalen Sicherheitsarchitektur: Was haben Obama und Medwedew vereinbart.
Wednesday 08. July 08:30 - 10:00
DGAP, Berlin

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DGAP in the news

Interview with Zoé Nautré
30.06.2009 | Common Ground News Service

Resume of the Czech EU presidency

Interview with Marie-Lena May
29.06.2009 | Český rozhlas (Czech Radio Station)

G8-Summit no longer appropriate

Interview with Milena Elsinger
29.06.2009 | Wirtschaftswoche

DGAPinfo

Integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic Community is inevitable

Preceding the visit of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Polish counterpart to Kiev, Alexander Rahr, accompanied by former President of Poland Alexander Kwasniewski and other European politicians, has held talks with Ukraine’s leading presidential candidates on 16 – 17 June. (25.06.2009)

New Beginning in the relationship Russia to the USA

From 9 to 12 June, Alexander Rahr, accompanied by Eckart von Klaeden, MP, CDU, Horst Teltschik, and Professor Joachim Krause and by invitation of the Aspen Institute, has held talks with representatives of the new US-Administration and leading experts from think tanks in Washington, DC, regarding the re-launching of the US-Russia relationship. (25.06.2009)

Energized Greens

On June 16, 2009, at the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF), Dr. Josef Braml, Editor-in-Chief of DGAP’s “Yearbook on International Relations,” discussed the Yearbook’s recommendations for a “Sustainable Energy Security Policy” with HBF’s Chief Executive Ralf Fücks and the Green Party’s Deputy Chief Whip and top election candidate Jürgen Trittin. (16.06.2009)

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