No. 18 - December 2010

Global Public Policy Institute Newsletter

Greetings and happy holidays!

Welcome to the December 2010 issue of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) newsletter.

We are happy to announce the publication of the book Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships, written by GPPi Associate Director Julia Steets.

We would also like to highlight three new projects. The first is a consulting project on the role of transition funds in bridging relief and development. On behalf of the BMZ, the German Association for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) has commissioned GPPi to conduct a study to better understand the conditions and success factors for linking relief, rehabilitation and development.

The second project, this one conducted together with Climate Focus, seeks to provide an overview of the opportunities and challenges connected with increased Chinese involvement in Africa's renewable energy sector. Titled Sino-African Energy Relations: China as a Catalyst for Renewable Energy Development in Africa?, the project has been commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund US in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund Norway.

The third is a pilot research project on the origins of strategy for justice and security sector reform in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF), the project focuses on the justice and security sector reform strategies of Germany, the United States, NATO and the EU with regard to Afghanistan and Pakistan in the period 2002-2010.

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2. New and active projects

Research

Sino-African Energy Relations
China as a Catalyst for Renewable Energy Development in Africa?

Origins of Strategy for Justice and Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Justice and security sector reform strategies of Germany, the United States, NATO and the EU with regard to Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2002-2010

OPEC at 50
The role of producer cooperation in global energy governance

Uniting on Food Assistance
Promoting evidence-based transatlantic dialogue and convergence

Humanitarian Assistance: Truly Universal?
Mutual respect and common interests as entry points for cooperation with non-Western humanitarian donors

Common Goals – Different Approaches?
Strengthening transatlantic cooperation on global energy issues

Joint Stakeholders in Global Energy Governance?
Prospects for joint global problem-solving between the EU and China

Learning in EU Peace Operations?
EU civilian crisis management and organizational learning

Learning to Build Peace?
The United Nations, peace operations and organizational learning

EU Foreign Policy Towards China
The institutional politics of cooperation

Global Climate Governance and the Making of China's Climate Change Policy
Actors, interests and policy-formulation

Consulting

The Role of Transition Funds in Bridging Relief and Development

Transatlantic Cooperation in the GIZ

Networking United Nations Private Sector Focal Points

Debate

Global Governance 2020

Transatlantic Energy Governance Dialogues

Global Atlanticists

Topic 1

WikiLeaks

The End of Diplomacy as We Know It?
By Wolfgang Ischinger, The New York Times, 3 December 2010
Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of the Munich Security Conference and former deputy foreign minister of Germany, explains the grave dangers of the “WikiLeaks tsunami.”

Seven Thoughts on Wikileaks
By Jack Goldsmith, Lawfare blog, 10 December 2010
Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith considers state control of the Internet, the double-standard applied to Assange versus The New York Times and the State Department’s Internet Freedom initiative, among other topics.

WikiLeaks: The Man Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Editorial, The Guardian, 8 December 2010
The Guardian discusses “questions about the way the world has changed” due to the Wikileaks disclosures.

Topic 2

Cancún climate summit

To Fight Climate Change, Clear the Air
By Veerabhadran Ramanathan and David G. Victor, The New York Times, 27 November 2010
Reducing soot and the other short-lived pollutants would not stop global warming, but it would buy time for the world to put in place more costly efforts to regulate carbon dioxide.

As Climate-Change Talks Continue, Lack of Consensus Spurs Smaller-Scale Actions
By Juliet Eilperin and William Booth, Washington Post, 10 December 2010
In response to growing frustration that the U.N. climate negotiations are not producing real-world results, individual nations, states and business are cobbling together patchwork solutions to preserve forests, produce clean energy and scrub pollution from the air.

Obama’s New Fear is a Cleaned-up China
By Joss Garman, The Independent, 12 December 2010
For Garman, the US is still in the grip of its oil giants, and it is the emerging economies who could dominate the green market.