Global Issues
The Global Issues Division examines the diverse thematic fields of global governance and the underlying conflict lines and actor constellations at the governmental, intergovernmental, and non-state level; the common point of reference are the preconditions, potentials and limits of rule-based and efficient global cooperation.
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- Cyber-security
- Digital Policy and Cyber
- Internet Governance
- Technology policy
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- Environmental policy
- Non-governmental organizations
- Sustainability governance
- United Nations
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- Climate policy
- Foresight
- Sustainability governance
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- Australia / New Zealand
- China
- India
- Indo-Pacific
- International financial system
- Principles of European integration
- Regional cooperation and alliances
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- Climate policy
- EU climate policy
- Energy policy
- Environmental policy
- Risk governance
- United Nations
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- Development cooperation
- Migration
- Migration policy
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- Development cooperation
- Migration
- Migration policy
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- United States
- Climate policy
- Energy policy
- Transatlantic relations
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SWP Publications
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A Migration Miracle? Indian Migration to Germany
Opportunities and Challenges
SWP Research Paper 2025/RP 04, 15.09.2025, 35 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025RP04
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Migrationswunder Indien?
Chancen und Herausforderungen der indischen Migration nach Deutschland
SWP-Studie 2025/S 12, 01.08.2025, 37 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025S12
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United Nations and Sustainable Development
Sustainable development aims to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The United Nations committed itself to this guiding principle in the early 1990s. How has global sustainability policy developed since then?
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Energy Policy
Due to the interdependencies in the energy markets, the international dimension of energy policy is becoming increasingly important. Instead of mere security of supply, the focus is shifting to the question of an ecologically, economically and socially compatible energy supply.
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Militärische Emissionen in der internationalen Klimapolitik
Zur Konvergenz klima- und sicherheitspolitischer Ziele
Forschungsgruppe Globale Fragen, Arbeitspapier Nr. 02/2025, Juni 2025, 27 Seiten -
Die Freihandelsabkommen der EU
Neue Herausforderungen und Potentiale
SWP-Studie 2025/S 09, 02.06.2025, 30 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025S09
External publications
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Kann Trumps radikale Energiepolitik gelingen?
Die US-Regierung setzt wieder voll auf die fossile Energieproduktion. Doch inzwischen formiert sich Widerstand gegen Trumps Vorgehen.
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Militärische Emissionen: Blinder Fleck der Klimapolitik?
in: Wirtschaftsdienst, Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, Jahrgang 105, Heft 9, September 2025, S. 665–670doi:10.2478/wd-2025-0169
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Mit der Abrissbirne gegen die Verkehrswende
Das Ende der US-Klimapolitik
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The United Nations Under Pressure: “Trust Is Low and Needs Are High”
in: "The United Nations at Eighty: Reform for a Shared Future in a New Geopolitical Era", Council of Councils, Global Memo by AIA, CARI, CEPS, Chatham House, COMEXI, Genron NPO, GRF, INSS, Lowy Institute, NIAA, ORF, PISM, RSIS, SIIS and SWP, 03.09.2025 -
A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage
in: Nature, 645, pp. 124–132, 03.09.2025.doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09423-y
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Gas zwischen Markt und Geopolitik – Brücke für die Transformation, Machtinstrument globaler Strategien
Gastbeitrag in: Handelsblatt (online), 29.08.2025