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From mass protests to the SARS-CoV2 crisis: the public health crisis is worsening the social crisis in Chile

The October uprising has paved the way for new constitution in Chile. However, the virus has forced citizens’ organisations into quarantine and is delaying constitutional change. What happens next?

By Edward Howell via unsplash

The pandemic that exposed British neoliberalism

In its response to coronavirus, Britain has fared substantially worse than most other countries. The roots of this failure are in the neoliberal consensus – a consensus that is now vanishing.

By James Bartholomeusz

Feminist policy as collateral damage?

The change of government in Austria after the Ibiza affair on the one hand lead to a withdrawal of antifeminist (politically right) populist measures of the prior turquoise-blue government. On the other hand, existing structures of disadvantage and oppression have not been questioned by the successor government.

By Judith Götz

A shaky system starts to wobble: Mexico and coronavirus

A fluctuating economy, high unemployment, enormous violence against women and girls – what was already a difficult situation in Mexico has been made far worse by the coronavirus pandemic. Dawid Danilo Bartelt, Head of the Mexico City Office, describes the country’s approach to tackling coronavirus.

By Dawid Danilo Bartelt

Open wooden door to the new world with green environment. Climate change concept.

Transformative Responses for a way out of the crisis

Transformative responses is a transnational network which aims to increase our systems' resilience by addressing the socio-economic and ecological challenges at the intersection of finance, ecology and inequality with concrete actions and policies to mitigate crisis and initiate structural reform.

Events

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June

Presentation of a study Tuesday, 02. June 2020 in

Closed Ports, Dubious Partners

The EU’s Policy of Outsourcing Responsibility in the Mediterranean

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June

Wednesday, 03. June 2020

What role does Belarus play in the Eastern Policies of Germany and Poland?

Online debate

09

June

Tuesday, 09. June 2020

How green is the future?

Pushing for a just climate in Germany and Israel

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New Dossiers

Tech and Covid-19

Tech and Covid-19

Playing with fire: are the US and Iran risking war?

Focus on Hungary

The European Parliament Goes Green!

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Closed ports, dubious partners

Closed Ports, Dubious Partners

E-Paper

This study shows that port closures are governed not only by the law of the sea and human rights law, but also by WHO law and that non-refoulement obligations continue to apply even in emergency situations while a derogation is not permissible under international law.

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The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2019

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2019 (WNISR2019) provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on age, operation, production and construction.

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Multilateralism 2.0

It is time to upgrade the current debate on multilateralism, to make it greener and more global. We tried to do just this at our 20th Foreign Policy Conference, which took place in Berlin on 30-31 January 2020. This reader provides some insights into our major topics, from trade to climate to security policy, with perspectives from South Africa, India, Brazil, the US and the EU.

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International Relations

View on Silwan - an arab district in East Jerusalem

Israel and Palestine: annexation in the shadows of SARS-CoV-2?

The world's attention is fully focused on tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. But in the shadows of this crisis, Israel is quietly planning to annex parts of the Westbank. How likely is annexation and what will its consequences be?

By Bettina Marx and Steffen Hagemann

EU-Neighbourhood Policy

Migrants and Refugees in a Time of Pandemic: Access to Healthcare Services in Turkey

The Covid-19 pandemic affects different groups of people differently. It is, however, possible to argue that asylum seekers, migrants and refugees scattered across the globe are among the most vulnerable groups to the outbreak. Yet, what are the key challenges facing migrants and refugees in Turkey, particularly challenges in accessing healthcare services during the pandemic?

more on "EU-Neighbourhood Policy"

International Policy

El Faro: Carlos Barrera

Autocracy in El Salvador? The Historical Challenge in Time of Pandemic

El Salvador, like many other countries in Central America and the world, is in a situation bordering on tragedy, facing a pandemic under the immense structural failures resulting from centuries of environmental and human exploitation.

By Marco Pérez Navarrete

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Democracy

A “Bridge to Health” divides India

The Indian government faces strong pushback from civil society for mandating the use of a privacy-intrusive COVID-19 tracing app. The heated legal debate resembles the previous one over the country’s controversial biometric ID system Aadhaar.

Democracy & Human Rights

freedom of the press, freedom of opinion

Poland: Freedom of the press in free fall

The direction has been pointing constantly downwards since 2015. In the international ranking on press freedom by "Reporters Without Borders", Poland was 18th at the time, but has now slipped to 62nd place. 44 places in five years. The changes in the media landscape are admittedly occurring more subtly than in Hungary, for example. But restrictions on the work of journalists in the country are becoming increasingly noticeable.

By Joanna Maria Stolarek

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Digitalisation

One app per province? How Canada’s federalism complicates digital contact tracing

A strong sense of regional sovereignty in the Canadian health care system may lead to different choices for technologies to track and contain the spread of the coronavirus. A multiplicity of non-interoperable apps could put their effectiveness in question and could create inconsistent approaches to privacy.

By Teresa Scassa

more on "Digitalisation"

Ecology

Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions

Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable” solutions, such as “natural” fossil gas, biomass and biofuels, have proven as bad or worse than the coal and petroleum they were intended to replace.

By L. Michael Buchsbaum

European Energy Transition

Red Alarm: Europe’s Next Drought is Already Upon Us

In much of Europe, this April is proving one of the driest in history. According to climate scientists, this could be the new normal as global warming enhances the frequency of severe droughts. Farmers though could do more to secure stable harvests: by growing more diverse crops.

By Paul Hockenos

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International Climate, Energy & Agriculture Policy

CAP Strategic plans

How Transparent and Inclusive is the Design Process of the National CAP Strategic Plans?

After the first steps made towards designing the National CAP Strategic Plans, this article analyses transparency and stakeholder inclusivity in six selected Member States: France, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Poland.

By Matteo Metta

more on "International Climate, Energy & Agriculture Policy"

Dossiers

Feminicide: A Global Phenomenon

The Role of the European Union in Its Neighbourhood and in the World

Energy Atlas 2018: Facts and Figures about Renewables in Europe

The State We’re in – the European Union: Still Alive but under Continuing Pressure

Workshop European Neighbourhood Policy (South)