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Climate - Migration - Security

Growing evidence of links between climate change, migration, and conflict raise plenty of reasons for concern and it’s time to start thinking about new answers to these multifaceted crisis scenarios. more»
Perspectives from Africa

Dossier - Perspectives/Africa

Perspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Africa

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Perspectives is a publication series of the Africa offices of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung. With this series, we intend to let experts from Africa express their views about current political issues in their region. Perspectives focuses on Southern- , East- and West Africa where the foundation has established offices.

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Conference Report

Ten Years After 9/11 – Lessons Learned?

- The attacks in New York and Washington DC on 11 September 2001, almost exactly ten years ago, represented a historic turning point of a scope comparable to that of the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. While the latter was a sign of hope and new beginnings, 9/11 meant uncertainty and recrimination. Stefan Schaaf more»

Article

The German Mission in Afghanistan

- August 25, 2011 - German involvement in Afghanistan did not begin with the attacks of September 11. German humanitarian and development aid existed before the German military intervention – and it will (and must) still be there after the military mission is over. more»

Dossier

Afghanistan 2011 - 10 Years of International Engagement

 - June 27, 2011 - After ten years of international involvement in Afghanistan, a second conference will take plan in Bonn this December 2011 to discuss the country’s future. Since 2002, the Heinrich Böll Foundation has actively supported the development of civil society in Afghanistan and has promoted exchanges between the German and Afghan public. The following dossier provides a venue for comments, analysis and debate ahead of the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan. more»
US Kills Bin Laden

Article

After the Death of Osama bin Laden: Now to Break the Al- Qaeda Franchise

- June 13, 2011 -

It is young people at the heart of the Arab revolt who are rebelling not for jihad but for freedom and democracy. Nevertheless, bin Laden's death opens up huge opportunities worldwide. President Barack Obama needs to follow up on the promise he made in Cairo, two years ago, when he pledged to build bridges to the Muslim world.

Ahmed Rashid more»
Palestinian kids in front of the wall between Ramallah and Jerusalem

Article

Effects of the Arab Spring

- June 1, 2011 - Because the Arab democracy movement is spreading to the Palestinian territories, Fatah and Hamas had to sign a reconciliation agreement in early May. Joachim Paul more»

Policy Paper

Ambition and Peril: Nuclear Energy and the Arab World

 - April 5, 2011 -

Should Arab countries with less advanced technological capacities invest in nuclear power that proved uncontrollable in Fukushima, Japan? Activists and policy-makers from the Arab World and Europe critically discuss these and other questions in this report.

Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Hamed Beheshti, Ali Darwish, Leila Ghanem, Dennis Kumentat, Nikolaus Supersberger, Najib Saab, Larbi Sadiki, and Jürgen Trittin more»

Report

Myth of Nuclear Power - A Guide

- August 27, 2010 - The recent explosions at several reactors in Japan have again highlighted the hazards of nuclear power in a dramatic way. The description of nuclear power as reliable and secure energy source has turned into a myth. Renowned international nuclear experts provide an overview of current, facts rich, and nuclear-critical know-how. more»

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