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Shock-Proofing Global Food Systems: A Pathway to Peace, Security and Prosperity
Efforts to enhance global food security are a remedy to several causes of global insecurity at once. Germany should invest in agricultural innovations that benefit small-scale farmers, starting with better support for neglected crops.
To Realize a Feminist Foreign Policy, Germany Needs a New Approach to Security Sector Reform
Germany’s current approach to security sector reform is not compatible with the principles of a feminist foreign policy. To change that, the government must truly commit to human security and apply an intersectional lens.
German Security Policy in Africa: New Enemy, Same Mistakes?
Despite the rising power competition with Russia in Africa, Western countries should avoid repeating their mistakes of past counter-terrorism and stabilization campaigns. How threat inflation and no-strings-attached security assistance hinders the chances for peace.
No More Navel-Gazing: A Global Outlook on National Security
For Germany’s national security strategy to work, it cannot afford to separate its national and international interests. This mindset change will require Germany to rethink how it sees itself, its position in the global order and its outlook on the world itself.