Contributions

COVID-19 Intensifies Digital Repression in South and Southeast Asia

Theorizing Resilience-Building in the EU’s Neighbourhood: Introduction to the Special Issue

Resilience is a new cornerstone in foreign and security policy of the European Union. This special issue presents a conceptual framework for analysing the interplay between risk, resilience and governance breakdown/violent conflict.

Three external Risks to Democracy and how to address them

In this policy paper, Prof. Amrita Narlikar, member of the World Economic Forum and the Global Future Council on Frontier Risks, outline three key areas of external threat that must be addressed to enable an agenda for democratic renewal.

Book Review of: "Japanese Geopolitics and the Western Imagination," by Atsuko Watanabe. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Different Type of Refugee: Onward Journeys of Gulf-Born Migrants from Politically Volatile Countries

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Holding Up a Mirror to the World Trade Organization: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

In this article, Prof. Amrita Narlikar discusses the role of the World Trade Organization in the politics of the pandemic and explores the balance between a challenging trifecta of economic interdependence, its weaponisation, and reform measures for trade multilateralism. This article was republished as ORF Special Report No. 141.

MAGYC Policy Brief: Forced Migration Governance in Jordan and Lebanon: Lessons from two EU Compacts

Keine Transformation in Sicht: Großinfrastrukturprojekte und die Beständigkeit fossiler Energien in Südostasien

When “Pariahs” Go Green: Energy Transitions in the Middle East and the Biden Administration

Energy transitions will materially affect US foreign policy in the Middle East. As the global energy mix transitions towards renewables, technology is becoming strategically more important than location and the geopolitical relevance of the region will decline.