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EU special summit: challenges for European migration policy
Member States still lack an effective policy response to migration to Europe. How to effectively address the suffering of flight and crisis? And why there is a need for more than just an open channel for labor migration, explains migration expert and member of the European think tank EuroMeSCo, Xavier Aragall. He says the EU is still far from regulating entry efficiently and coherently. But one thing has recently become clear: Europe's external borders are to be better protected in the future. What that will look like remains to be seen.
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The case of Jimmy Lai shows: Beijing makes the rules in Hongkong
Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai has been charged under the so-called National Security Act. His British lawyer was forbidden to represent him in the trial. The Hong Kong courts had still allowed it, but a directive from Beijing stipulated: no foreigners at National Security Law trials. Dennis Kwok analyzes for the FNF China Bulletin the current state of legal security in Hong Kong.
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Diluting Rivalries between Great Powers
Rising tensions among the great powers are contributing to uncertainty and the security dilemma in the Indo-Pacific region. This raises the question of possible policy alternatives amidst conflictual developments. The role of smaller powers within the region and extra-regional powers, such as European countries, offers the potential to cope with the growing rivalries. In particular, it is significant to examine the position and role of Indonesia, one of the most influential members of ASEAN. Cooperation within the region and with extra-regional powers is needed to ease tensions and guarantee sustainable cooperation.
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Sustainability - The Way Forward for UK-German Relations
As the global balance of power has shifted more than ever since the last seventy years, solidarity and strong partnership on the European continent and between liberal allies have never been more important. Although no longer united by common membership of the EU, the ties between Britain and Germany remain strong. Sir Graham Watson talks about post-Brexit security cooperation between the UK and the EU in the face of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, possible solutions to rising energy prices and the future of the UK-Germany relationship.
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Ukrainian education activist Halyna Tytysh receives the Walter Scheel Prize 2022
Since February 24, 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, more than eight million people have fled, including countless children. Halyna Tytysh supports children who need educational work even in times of war. For her commitment to education in the face of Russia's war of aggression, Halyna Tytysh is being awarded the Walter Scheel Prize 2022 by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, the Walter Scheel Foundation and the Freundeskreis Walter Scheel e.V..
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Chinas influence in Germany: Academia and Media are the Achilles Heel
Is Germany a target of Chinese influencing operations? Germany’s Academia and Media are highly affected by Chinese influence operations, the Taiwanese ThinkTank DoublethinkLab found. A combination of naiveté and lack of regulation on the German side enables the PRC to exploit Germany’s one-sided openness for its purposes.
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Prohibited Warfare, Unthinkable Diplomacy
In a statement after the extraordinary meeting in Brussels, NATO leaders warned Russia of "grave consequences" if it used chemical or biological weapons in the war against Ukraine. Why weapons of mass destruction won't change the situation on the ground, but may shape perceptions of Russia's war. A prescient analysis from a Ukrainian perspective.
