Coronavirus crisis in Israel: A lifeline for Netanyahu Published: 10 April 2020 Background Benjamin Netanyahu could not even win the third election held within one year. Now, he is using the coronavirus crisis to profile himself as an indispensable statesman and secure his power – to the detriment of Israeli democracy. By Steffen Hagemann
Corona crisis in South Africa: Hand-washing in townships? Published: 9 April 2020 Commentary With only three day notice, South Africa went into full lockdown on the night from 26 to 27 March. What happened in the three days leading up the lockdown is highly impressive. Instead of everyone following the instinct of making provision for themselves, neighbourhood solidarity networks sprang up spontaneously. By Katrin Seidel
Digitalisation and the coronavirus in Morocco: From care to control? Published: 9 April 2020 Background With a series of digital measures introduced in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Morocco is creating a trade-off between ways to provide rapid support and the parallel development of digital control. By Bauke Baumann
Prof. Wangari Maathai - A Birthday Tribute In Memory of Africa’s Most Famous Green Politician Published: 1 April 2020 Article Prof. Wangari Maathai would have celebrated her 80th Birthday today, April 1, 2020. Together with the global social and “green” movements, we remember one of our Heroines and pay tribute to our Green Icon, the Kenyan 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate and winner of the Petra-Kelly Prize of Heinrich Boell Foundation. By Fredrick Njau
The Building Blocks of a Progressive Transatlantic Vision Published: 31 March 2020 Analysis The old transatlantic paradigm with its focus on NATO and security is losing traction. A new transatlantic agenda should focus on three issues of common concern on both sides of the Atlantic: human rights, climate change and the containment of the rising power China. By Rachel Rizzo
The coronavirus crisis: Where the Trump administration went wrong Published: 25 March 2020 Background The US government’s crisis management has been a disaster so far. Donald Trump has three basic tendencies, which have served him well in the past as a populist, but which will cause severe damage to the US population in this situation and may usher in the end of his political career. By Bastian Hermisson
War in Syria: The horror of Idlib Published: 28 February 2020 Article The recent escalation of violence in Idlib is also a result of the increasing tensions between Turkey and Russia. The victims are those in Idlib, caught up in a hopeless situation amid a huge spectrum of differing interests. By Dr. Bente Scheller
20th Foreign Policy Conference 2020 Published: 13 February 2020 Dossier After Germany and France launched an Alliance for Multilateralism at the margins of the UN General Assembly in September 2019, the 20th Foreign Policy Conference of the Boell Foundation explores this concept in depth.
After the assassination of Soleimani - an analysis Published: 23 January 2020 Analysis In a targeted missile strike on 3 January of this year, the US killed the Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, Commander of the Quds Force and hence the most important strategist behind Iran’s military engagement in the region. Our Heads of Office in Washington, Beirut and Tel Aviv take us through the significance of the recent events for Iran-US relations and the wider Middle East. By Dr. Anja Hoffmann , Joachim Paul , Steffen Hagemann and Bastian Hermisson
'The EU has to invest more to avoid further escalation of the existing crises.' - An interview on the US-Iran conflict Published: 10 January 2020 Interview After the assassination of Iran’s high General Qassem Soleimani by the US on Friday 3rd January 2020 in Iraq, the already very strained situation between the US and Iran, became even more critical. Head of Global Transformation Programme at Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Brussels European Union, Anna Schwarz, spoke to MEP Hannah Neumann (Greens/EFA) about how the EU is to react to the further escalating conflict between the US and Iran. By Hannah Neumann and Anna Schwarz