Human Rights After Seventy Years: The View from the South Published: 11 September 2018 Background Seventy years after the adoption of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) human rights are found in country’s constitutions and also incorporated in regional instruments. However, there is no issue as heated as the universality character of human rights. Yuyun Wahyuningrum
Last to escape, first to disarm? Three scenarios of peace and war on the Korean Peninsula Published: 4 September 2018 Outlook In 2018, political relations on the Korean peninsula are in flux to an unprecedented degree. Taking note of the unclear situation, this article deliberately engages in speculation and develops three scenarios for the region. Ulrich Kühn
Promoting Peace on the Korean Peninsula: Departure Points for Europe Published: 29 August 2018 Commentary The EU or its member states have ideal requisites for greater involvement in a necessary peace process between North and South Korea. Bernt Berger
The illusion of green flying Published: 21 September 2018 A new climate agreement intended to ensure “carbon-neutral growth” in international aviation could lead to a massive increase in demand for problematic offsetting projects. Magdalena Heuwieser
Offices of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Latin America Published: 23 August 2018 The Heinrich Böll Foundation has offices in
Plant for Pakistan: How Do We Make Good on the Greener Pakistan Promise? Published: 20 August 2018 This article aims to understand Government writ towards conservation coupled with citizen action and how Pakistan is at a unique placement for increased green efforts. In an ongoing effort to conserve green spaces and practices, Reclaiming Green Islamabad (RGI) celebrated 71 years of Pakistan by holding a plantation drive named, ‘Plant for Pakistan’. The plantation drive was supported by Heinrich Boell Stiftung - a German Green Foundation operational in the country since the past 25 years.
Fossil-Fuel Doublespeak Published: 15 August 2018 On paper, almost every government in the world is committed to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and keeping global temperatures limited to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. But too many governments, parroting the oil and gas industry's misleading claims, are actually supporting the expansion of fossil fuel production. Lili Fuhr, Hannah McKinnon
A Merkel-Trump clash at NATO seems inevitable - what will Germany do? Published: 13 August 2018 Commentary President Trump has increasingly criticized Germany's NATO spending, arguing that it is "free riding" off American security in Europe. How will Chancellor Merkel respond at the 2018 NATO Summit? Dominik Tolksdorf