Global Challenges – Individual Capacities
3. July 2015Today, the world community faces momentous challenges. 2015 marks the year of the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals, and a glance at the ambitious […]
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Global Solutions for Global Problems: Six Good Reasons for a World Parliament
20. June 2015For thousands of years, humans have responded to the challenges of life with some form of communal organization. In the course of human history, democracy […]
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Financial Market Regulations as a Means of Refugee Aid – More Responsibility, Please!
1. April 2015The rise and fall of Pegida, the deaths of refugees on the Mediterranean Sea and the associated debates about European immigration and refugee policies – […]
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German Arms Transfer to North Africa and the Middle East from 1999 to 2013
7. February 2015Eine Langversion des Artikels auf Deutsch kann here heruntergeladen werden. Germany argues to pursue a ethically driven international policy when dealing with the export of […]
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The moral responsibility of corporations in arms trade
5. February 2015The paper deals with the discrepancy between the societies’ view, in terms of moral standards, on the export of arms and the actual standards in […]
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Urbanisation – A megatrend that will define our future
30. January 2015Urban living is the dominant lifestyle of the future. By 2050, two thirds of the world population will live in cities. In the next two […]
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Determinants of Arms Export Decision-Making: Enhancing Compliance through the Informational Endowment of Domestic Interest Groups
28. January 2015How to ensure that arms transfers contribute to the internal and external stability of importers and at the same time support human rights and democratization processes – instead of deteriorating the former and hampering the later? This essay outlines a theoretically derived proposition for a way to increase compliance with arms export regulations. I argue that weak international institutions could be strengthened by NGO activity, increasing transparency, and enabling national interest groups to act as domestic compliance mechanisms.
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„Je suis Charlie“ – Kann wirklich jeder „Charlie“ sein?
11. January 2015Sorry, this entry is only available in German.
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Regional Head
This section covers global issues that go beyond a specific region of the world. International regimes and institutions are the main actors in this section. To submit an article, for questions and ideas for the section “Global Affairs”, please contact: adrian.steube@ifair.eu
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Adrian SteubeRegional Director Global Affairs
Adrian Steube
Regional Director Global Affairs
Adrian is currently studying for a Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy at the University of Trier. He completed his Bachelor’s in Political Science and History at the University of Kassel and is currently a scholarship holder at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. His main areas of interest are foreign policy, security policy, international organizations, and artificial intelligence.