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Resolution 1325 in El Salvador: Shifts from Human to Militarized Security

El Salvador’s commitment to UN Resolution 1325 faces a crossroads: Past progress is now at risk as President Bukele’s growing militarization threatens women’s rights and equality, reviving echoes of the country’s war-torn past.

Gloria Guzmán Orellana

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A Shared Green Future: Why the EU and China Need Each Other in the Energy Transition

Analysis

Diversification strategies in green technology must be technology-specific rather than uniformly applied. Balancing openness with resilience will allow the EU to mitigate supply risks while leveraging China’s scale and innovation capacity.

Belinda Schäpe

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China and the EU: Partnering and Competing in the Global Net Zero Transition

Analysis

To strenghten their joint leadership in global decarbonization, the EU and China should counter growing fragmentation by aligning clean tech supply chains, harmonizing standards, and advancing triangular cooperation with the Global South.

Prof. Yu Hongyuan

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Overcoming Latin America’s Mounting Debt Crises

Analysis

Climate finance and green investments will achieve little in debt-strapped economies without systemic reform. Latin America and the Caribbean need not more pledges but an overhaul of global financial governance.

Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Ulrich Volz, Alex Dryden

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Civil peace in Sudan – and Germany's important role

Commentary

In the conflict in Sudan, diplomatic efforts are focused too heavily on the two main warring parties, the SAF and RSF, while civilian actors are barely involved. Without their active participation, a peace process has little chance of success.

Ahmed Kodouda, Ulf Terlinden

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This report examines the military gaps that would be created by a significant reduction of the U.S. military footprint in Europe. It outlines five key tasks Europeans should undertake to address these gaps.

Max Bergmann, Otto Svendsen

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Public Debt and Resilient Futures in Latin America and the Caribbean

Policy Brief

Latin America and the Caribbean stand at a crossroads of escalating debt, intensifying climate shocks, and stalled progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. A new policy brief analyses the region's debt dynamics.

Ulrich Volz, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Alex Dryden

The Cost of Clean Cars

Policy Brief

The global expansion of electromobility is intensifying competition for critical raw materials. A new analysis connects European supply chains to specific mining sites for the first time, identifying key environmental and social risks.

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Recent Articles

Resolution 1325 in El Salvador: Shifts from Human to Militarized Security

A Shared Green Future: Why the EU and China Need Each Other in the Energy Transition

China and the EU: Partnering and Competing in the Global Net Zero Transition

Specials

25th Anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security

COP30: UN Climate Change Conference

EU-China Relations: Bound by Clean Tech or Divided by It?

25th Foreign Policy Conference

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Overcoming Latin America’s Mounting Debt Crises

Civil peace in Sudan – and Germany's important role

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