Reform, Especially in Times of Terror

A comprehensive reform of the BND, the German foreign intelligence agency, is long overdue – and urgent, in light of recent terror threats throughout the continent. The parliamentary oversight of intelligence activities is in particular need of reform. New regulations can help the BND to work with greater legal certainty and lay the foundations for targeted capacity building.

Local Conflict Management in Peace Operations

In UN peacekeeping operations, civil affairs officers help prevent the escalation of violence at the local level. Based on the experience of civil affairs officers in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this toolkit lays out good practices for how civil affairs teams can better engage in conflict management by leveraging their comparative advantages vis à vis NGOs and other UN agencies.

China’s Currency Clout

Over the last 15 years, the US and the EU have increasingly relied on sanctions as an alternative to military force. With the growth of the renminbi’s global status, however, Western financial sanctions will lose their bite. The US and the EU need to prepare for a world in which the threat of financial sanctions may ring hollow.

Lessons in Statecraft After the Libya Intervention

Five years after the start of the Libya intervention, policymakers, analysts and pundits are still not paying enough attention to the key lessons of the intervention. First, political strategy must drive military planning – not the reverse. Second, the West cannot simply ignore the concerns of emerging powers in the 21st century without incurring significant costs.

Auf Wiedersehen, Refugee Law

As European and Turkish leaders negotiate a refugee deal, a pillar of international and European refugee law has come under threat: the assessment of whether a specific asylum seeker can be safely returned to his or her homeland, given the person’s unique circumstances.

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Reform, Especially in Times of Terror

Local Conflict Management in Peace Operations

China’s Currency Clout

Lessons in Statecraft After the Libya Intervention

Auf Wiedersehen, Refugee Law

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