China’s media in Africa: Expansion, perception, and reception
Chinese media has increased its footprint in Africa in recent years, which is widely seen as a way for China to extend its ‘soft...
After the US-North Korea summit: Not all quiet on the nuclear front
While the agreement that Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un reached in Singapore de-escalated the situation between the two countries in the immediate term, it...
Prelude to the peace process on the Korean peninsula
On June 12, 2018, a summit took place between the leaders of the DPRK and the US – a summit that few could have...
Making and breaking social capital: The paradox of China’s social credit system
The Chinese government is engaged in a major mass-surveillance initiative, to become fully operational by the year 2020. It has been subject to varied...
A Chinese Solution for North Korea?
In symbolic terms as well as in concrete outcome – the Korean summit, the first in 11 years, positively surprises. All the more in...
A fluid equilibrium to replace the nation state: Jacopo Maria Pepe on Eurasian geopolitics
Berlin – It was an inspiring glance into the future of the 21st century that the political scientist and Eurasia specialist, Jacopo Maria Pepe,...
Digitalisation of the media in Africa: Prospects for change
Global media has become increasingly digitalised in recent years. These processes have had a detrimental impact on the traditional business models of commercial journalism,...
Wealth mobility: Implications for inequality
In recent decades, economic globalisation has led to an increased mobility of financial assets and wealthy individuals across national boundaries. At the same time, income...
Is the WTO relevant for India?
Pressure on less developed countries from an increasingly belligerent US has caused the recent WTO gathering in Buenos Aires to end in an impasse. The...
China’s economic transformation
At the end of 1976, China was, by and large, an agricultural country with a hefty 82.6% of its population living in the countryside,...