Turkey’s New Disinformation Law: An Alarming Trend Towards Cyber-Authoritarianism
On 27 May lawmakers from Turkey’s ruling coalition submitted a draft bill seeking to criminalise the spread of disinformation. The 40 articles of the “disinformation law” would place new restrictions on online news sites and social media platforms operating in the country. This represents an alarming move to tighten the regulation of...
Europäisch-israelische Beziehungen: Gemeinsam gegen den Demokratieabbau
Das stärkste Band, das Europa und Israel verbindet, ist »unser Glaube an die Demokratie und an die demokratischen Werte”, so die EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen in ihrer Rede an der Ben-Gurion-Universität in Israel am 14. Juni 2022. »Heute, mehr als je zuvor, sollten Demokratien wie Europa und Israel enger...
Der mögliche EU-Beitritt der Ukraine und seine Konsequenzen
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Autonomous Weapons Systems: UN Expert Talks Facing Failure Time to Consider Alternative Formats
The Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) has been discussing autonomous weapons systems (AWS) in the UN arms control context since 2017. Russia boycotted the latest round of talks in Geneva in March, in connection with its 24 February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Regulation of AWS is an increasingly remote prospect, and some representatives even...
Bidens Balanceakt – die Ukraine stärken, Krieg mit Russland vermeiden
In einem Beitrag für die »New York Times” vom 31. Mai 2022 benannte Präsident Joe Biden klarer denn je die Ziele der USA im Ukraine-Krieg: »eine demokratische, unabhängige, souveräne und prosperierende Ukraine, die die Mittel zur Abschreckung und Verteidigung gegen eine weitere Aggression besitzt”. Washington unterstütze die Ukraine...
Why It’s Crucial That the G7 and NATO Summits Are Back-to-Back
There’s far more at stake than the security consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
EU-Beitrittskandidat: Für die EU und die Ukraine eine Wette auf die Zukunft
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The Ukraine War May Hasten the Return of Great Power Politics in Latin America
In a region already struggling with pandemic recovery, the fallout from the Russia invasion could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
As Ukraine pushes for EU candidate status, enlargement hopes fade in the Western Balkans
…read more Source:: German Institute for International and Security...
Thirty years of UN climate talks: New challenges for cooperation
Intersessional climate negotiations just concluded in Bonn, 30 years after the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was signed. They set the stage for the annual summit, which this year will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in November. Talks were conducted against the backdrop of an evolving landscape in international...
