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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Geoeconomic Engagement in Global Health Policy: Towards a “Global Health Architecture 2.0” through Liberal Geoeconomics
in: The Return of Power Politics to the Market: Theory and Practice of the Geoeconomic ZeitenwendeContribution to a Research Paper 2026/RP 07, 15.04.2026, 109 Pages, pp. 68–71
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Energy Policy at a Geoeconomic Zeitenwende: The EU between Market and Power
in: The Return of Power Politics to the Market: Theory and Practice of the Geoeconomic ZeitenwendeContribution to a Research Paper 2026/RP 07, 15.04.2026, 109 Pages, pp. 49–54
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Geoeconomic Action in EU Trade and Investment Policy
in: The Return of Power Politics to the Market: Theory and Practice of the Geoeconomic ZeitenwendeContribution to a Research Paper 2026/RP 07, 15.04.2026, 109 Pages, pp. 43–48
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Technology and the Geoeconomic Calculus of Governments
in: The Return of Power Politics to the Market: Theory and Practice of the Geoeconomic ZeitenwendeContribution to a Research Paper 2026/RP 07, 15.04.2026, 109 Pages, pp. 35–39
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EU Energy Policy Between Security of Supply, Decarbonisation and Strategic Autonomy – With, Without or Against the US
in: With, Without, Against Washington: Redefining Europe’s Relations With the United StatesContribution to a Research Paper 2026/RP 05, 27.03.2026, 81 Pages, pp. 67–71
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European Climate Policy Against US Headwinds: In Search of Strong Climate Partnerships
in: With, Without, Against Washington: Redefining Europe’s Relations With the United StatesContribution to a Research Paper 2026/RP 05, 27.03.2026, 81 Pages, pp. 62–66
External publications
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Globale Energiebeziehungen
Abhängigkeiten, Risiken und Handlungsspielräume
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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
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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