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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Staff
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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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Research Support
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- EU, Europe
- Migration, development cooperation
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- Digitalisation, cyber, technology
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SWP Publications
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With, Without, Against Washington: Redefining Europe’s Relations With the United States
SWP Research Paper 2026/RP 05, 27.03.2026, 81 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026RP05
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Algorithmic Migration
How Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence Are Reshaping Global Mobility
SWP Comment 2026/C 11, 04.03.2026, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026C11
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Migration im Algorithmus
Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz globale Mobilität verändern
SWP-Aktuell 2026/A 09, 20.02.2026, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026A09
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MHPSS – A Resource for Peace
Displacement Situations, Psychosocial Support and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
SWP Comment 2026/C 06, 09.02.2026, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026C06
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Deutsche Außenpolitik und das Leitbild der »regelbasierten internationalen Ordnung«
Herausforderungen durch China, Russland und die USA
SWP-Studie 2026/S 05, 05.02.2026, 30 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026S05
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The Limits of Multilateral Climate Policy
COP30 and the Conflict Between Petrostates and Electrostates
SWP Comment 2026/C 05, 03.02.2026, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026C05
External publications
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Indische Migration nach Deutschland: Wo nachgesteuert werden muss
Berlin und Neu-Delhi wollen die Zusammenarbeit ausweiten, zuletzt mehrten sich aber problematische Fälle. Zwei Fachleute regen Änderungen an.
Gastbeitrag von David Kipp und Seeta Sharma, in: BerlinTable, 23.03.2026 -
Working in Germany
Shaping fair recruitment - preventing exploitation
in: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., Bonn, March 2026 -
Zum Arbeiten nach Deutschland
Faire Anwerbung gestalten – Ausbeutung verhindern
in: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., Bonn, März 2026 -
Monitoring Environmental Impacts of mCDR Field Tests
in: CDRmare HUB Workshop Report. GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany, 19 pp.doi: 10.3289/CDRmare.58
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Accounting and monitoring challenges for blue carbon enhancement in national climate policy targets and international carbon markets
in: Carbon Management, 16(1), 01.12.2025.doi:10.1080/17583004.2025.2585895
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Monitoring, Reporting and Verification for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
in: Muñiz Piniella, A., Rodriguez Perez, A., Kellett, P., Alexander, B., Bayo Ruiz, F., Heymans, J. J. (Eds.), Future Science Brief N°. 13 of the European Marine Board, 2025.doi:10.5281/zenodo.17435116