Promoting multilateralism with political new media.
24. March 2019The global rise of right-wing populism and its repeated renunciation of multilateral agreements pose the greatest threat to our diplomatic world order after the end […]
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“Diaspora Diplomacy” as a foreign policy strategy
1. November 2018Over the last few years, various countries have developed administrative and diplomatic capacities to systematically establish their influence on, and communication channels with, their diaspora […]
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A Paris Agreement for the Oceans
17. February 2018The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) has defined a comprehensive system of law and order in the world’s oceans […]
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Small Steps at COP23
17. February 2018Dietary change is becoming part of climate change negotiations We cannot meet our climate goals without changing food consumption. Diets in the Global North have a huge […]
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German Professor Elected to the UN International Law Commission
11. February 2017During the 6th committee of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, the focus this year remained on the work of the United […]
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The Idea of a World Parliament
5. December 2016Cosmopolitan utopian concepts have a long history and are certain to generate widespread fascination. What institution could do more justice to the world citizen than […]
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The proposal of a UN Parliament: The idea, its supporters, and possible ways of implementation
5. December 2015The Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) proposes to establish a parliament as an additional organ within the UN system – next to […]
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The Politics of Investment Disputes
17. September 2015In 2012, the Cyprus Popular Bank collapsed in the midst of the Greek sovereign debt crisis. The Cypriot government, attempting to ward off bankruptcy, intervened […]
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Johannes KleinExecutive Board, Chief Editor
Johannes Klein
Executive Board, Chief Editor
Johannes Klein is member of the Executive Board and Chief Editor for IFAIR’s Think Tank.
Johannes currently completes his Carlo-Schmid fellowship at the Governance Directorate of the OECD in Paris. Prior to this he graduated in EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges and studied at Master and Bachelor level International Relations in Germany, the Netherlands and Brazil. Next to internships at the German Federal Foreign Office, with various NGOs in Europe and Latin America, the EU and the German Bundestag, he worked as IFAIR’s Director for ‘Global Affairs’ and is a member of the Executive Board. Johannes speaks German, English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Contact: johannes.klein@ifair.eu