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Political rebranding through environmental reforms in Saudi Arabia?
MENAPOL Blog

Political rebranding through environmental reforms in Saudi Arabia?

During a work call in March, while giving a presentation on the situation of crude and other commodities’ movement in the Middle East and North Africa region, a news flash on the television screen near me read: ”Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammad Bin Salman [often dubbed MbS by international media] announced that the kingdom aims to plant billions of trees over the coming decades to increase the global area covered by existing trees.”

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COVID19
Rebea Firdous

COVID19: Situation in Pakistan

It was a ‘pleasant surprise’ to see Pakistan in the 3rd place on the Normalcy Index, as mentioned in the July edition of ‘The Economist’ . Was it vaccination, lock down, smart lock down or economic policies attached to COVID-19 or everything in combination?

African Women
Mediterranean Dialogue
Santiago Mondéjar

We have to talk with Africa

Overwhelmingly, the information circulating in Europe about Africa has negative connotations, emphasising issues of social instability and organised violence, especially from the perspective of the threats posed to Europeans by migratory flows stemming from these problems.

In Dhaka, Bangladesh the test run of the country's first metro rail train has begun. The metro will become operational in 2022.
Bangladesh
Hubertus von Welck

Fifty Years of Independence: An Overview of Bangladesh’s Development

In the mid-1970s, shortly after Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan on 16 December 1971, Henry Kissinger dismissively called Bangladesh a “basket case.” Today the country has attained sustainable economic growth, significant poverty reduction, and continued improvements in human development indicators.

Ursula von der Leyen
Europe

State Of The Union - Europe Lies Between Glasgow And Kabul

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has given her speech on the State of the Union for the second time since she took office. The challenges are well known: the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the greening of the economy and society, and the pressure for a more effective foreign policy.

Gramckow, Pinkwart, Rathke
Event Summary
Johanna Rudorf

“Megatrends in the 21st Century: Time to Rethink the Way the West Makes Economic Policy?”

On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation North America, in cooperation with the American Institute of Contemporary German Studies, was pleased to host a luncheon discussion with Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy, State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

9/11
9/11
Theresa Caroline Winter (in Elternzeit) Jeroen Dobber

Ground Zero - the Global War on Terror and the Fight for Liberal Values

September 11, 2001. A day of catastrophic consequences for liberal democracies worldwide - ineffable loss of life, the rise of a new wave of terrorism, the spreading of (newfound) fear and islamophobia in societies. The fight for liberal values elsewhere is contrasted with restricting our own liberal ideals at home – through surveillance and increased policing as preventative security provision.

Kvalitetno novinarstvo
WESTERN BALKANS
Ivana Pavlović

When an experienced journalist selflessly shares his knowledge

Would you like to work for a well-known German news agency? Would you like to know what an editor there expects from a journalist? The textbook Quality Journalism in Southeast Europe by the long-time head of the DPA office in Belgrade, Thomas Brey, in some ways opens the doors of this agency to both journalism students and more experienced journalists.

Bumdrak Trek
COVID-19 Bhutan
Karma Choden

An Overview of Bhutan’s Recovery Efforts

Bhutan managed to avoid large-scale domestic COVID-19 outbreak in the country through a series of proactive and well thought of actions, such as, stringent containment measures which included two nationwide lockdowns since 2020.

Questions looming over Morocco’s role as a climate champion
MENAPOL Blog
Sebastian Vagt

Questions looming over Morocco’s role as a climate champion

Morocco presents itself as a pioneer in climate policy, from the ban on plastic bags to designing the world's largest solar power plant. The kingdom is also the focus of European hopes to produce green electricity from the desert in the future. However, Morocco's image as a climate champion is increasingly cracked.

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