Publications: North America

12th International Summer School "Regional Leaders, Global Challenges: Issues, Interests and Strategies"

Posted on 2008-11-10.

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In a world more and more characterized by multipolar structures, stability is an ever more evasive aim. Political theory tells us that multipolar systems are much less stable than bipolar or hegemonic ones. For the next generation of global political leaders it is paramount to understand how tectonic shifts in our present global order will influence the relative position of their own countries. The shifting parameters of rising powers, trends of regional cooperation and integration will set the stage for an emerging new world order where not only states and markets, but increasingly also transnational networks will play an ever more important role. In this sense, we could address networks in a double perspective: in the real world which we try to shape and understand and also in the world of young leaders who will have to shoulder the bulk of work and responsibility in the years and decades ahead.

Running on Empty: The US Elections and German-American Relations

Posted on 2008-11-06.

Change is coming to America. An African-American will be president for the first time in the country’s history, which marks the beginning of a new era. However, it is not merely America that voted for change. Co-publisher of Die Zeit, Josef Joffe, has a point: this was a world election with a world candidate.

The Wizard of Oz Conventions

Posted on 2008-09-08.

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Like the Tin Man, Lion, and Scarecrow from the glorious 1939 movie, both Barack Obama and John McCain began their conventions missing something vital. The standard playbook for American presidential elections is that candidates should move to the extremes (the left for the Democrats, the right for the Republicans) during the primaries, before gravitating toward the political center during the general election campaign, in the hopes of winning over the elusive independent voters who traditionally decide the contest.

How to Respond to Russia?

Posted on 2008-08-29.

Jan Techau explains that, when formulating a response to Russia, the United States and Europe should take into consideration Russia’s fears as well as its sources of power. Techau calls for a “careful dispensing” of further NATO membership, and insists that Europe liberalize its energy markets and tap into new sources of energy in order to check Russia’s energy grip on the continent.

The General Election: What to Look For

Posted on 2008-07-16.

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After the drama, color, and passion of the primary election campaign, the epic battle between Hillary and Obama and the remarkable comeback of John McCain, even political Washington is catching its collective breath. With the conventions to come in late August—early September, there is just time enough now to catch up on sleep, fund raise like crazy, and prepare for the dash to the finish line in November. This rare political lull strikes me as the perfect time to gauge what we should all be looking for as the general election campaign unwinds.

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