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Armen Grigoryan
Innovation and Education: Which policies help both to cross-fertilize each other?
This was the core question of the Liberal Forum Armenia taking place in a country famous for IT innovation and one of the leaders in exporting ICT services. The forum provided a space for discussions among politicians, academics and civil society organizations. FNF Board member Dr Maren Jasper-Winter also visited Armenia and talked about the educational policy cycle and its challenges.
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Markus Kaiser
He who sows violence
Two acts of bloodshed shock Serbia and bring hundreds of thousands of people to the streets in protest against the pervasive violence. On May 3rd and 4th, a total of 18 people, mostly young, lost their lives in two killing sprees. Serbia is in shock: Such an outbreak of violence has not been seen since the wars of the 1990s; people are grappling with their anger and grief, and the entire country is struggling to cope. For the first time, the regime of President Aleksandar Vučić appears vulnerable. Pro-government mass demonstrations are planned for Friday, while regime critics will take to the streets again on Saturday. Is autocracy in Serbia wavering?
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Theresa Caroline Winter Jeroen Dobber Maik Schnierer
Munich Security Conference - the Re:vision edition
Munich was once again the epicentre of the international security scene. The annual Munich Security Conference brought together political, military and business leaders from over 100 countries in the cramped Hotel Bayerischer Hof for a whirlwind programme of events, bilaterals and negotiations. Also, and for the first time, FNF was present in Munich. What was discussed and what are the most important takeaways?
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Odilia Abreu
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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Dennis W.H. Kwok
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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Sylvia Yazid Rizky Widian
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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Sir Graham Watson
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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Amély Rechberg
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..