TTIP Series
TTIP and Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Using international policy processes as entry points for reform in the EU and the USA
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Back to square one for the TTIP: a green agenda for free trade
- - How the EU and the USA could collaborate in pioneering fair competition and an economy fit for the future. It is time for a positive, sustainable vision of free trade.
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The great revenge of the North? TTIP and the rest of the world
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TTIP is an initiative that aims to cement the dominance of the two largest economic powers in the world. Rainer Falk and Barbara Unmüßig consider a topic thus far left out of critical debate: TTIP’s implications for the “rest of the world,” particularly for developing and emerging economies.
TTIP Series
Investor-state dispute settlement under TTIP - a risk for environmental regulation?
- - The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could include rules on investment protection, including so called investor- state dispute settlement (ISDS). more»
TTIP Series
Promises and Perils of the TTIP: Negotiating a Transatlantic Agricultural Market
- - TTIP will affect a broad range of issues, from energy to the environment, and intellectual property rights to labor rights. The agreement could also have a significant impact on the evolution of agricultural markets and food systems in the U.S. and EU. more»
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Bundestagswahl 2013: A Look at the Themes of the September Federal Elections
- - Germany is in the midst of a unique campaign season, gearing up for the September 22 elections. Despite this wide gap between the two frontrunners, Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and current chancellor and Peer Steinbrück of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the final results are far from certain. Mattis Hennings reviews main campaign issues and the politics behind the elections. more»
Policy Paper
Current Immigration and Integration Debates in Germany and the United States: What We Can Learn from Each Other
- - Over the past few years there has been an evolving discourse over the intersection of immigration, integration, and culture in both Europe and the United States. In this new report, Spencer Boyer and Victoria Pardini offer several ideas the United States and Germany can learn from each other’s political and policy approaches more»
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Diversity and Community: On the Future of the European Union
- - When we speak of the future of the EU, it’s about more than saving the Euro. The question is whether Europe wishes to remain relevant as a strategic actor. If it does, then we must strengthen internal solidarity, as well as our capacity to act externally. more»
Interview
The American Presidential Election from a Czech Perspective
- - An interview with Jan Jireš, director of the Prague Centre for Transatlantic Relations at the CEVRO Institute, for the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Prague, October 2012.
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Great Expectations - The Future of Progressive Politics
- - Having fulfilled their historic mission to build the welfare state, social democrats struggle to articulate a vision beyond the status quo. Where should they turn after the third way? more»
Competition
Your Ideas, Your NATO: 2012 Policy Workshop Competition
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Atlantic-community.org is inviting students and young professionals to contribute their policy ideas on key issues of the upcoming NATO Summit in Chicago in the policy workshop, "Your Ideas, Your NATO." Participate for a chance to discuss your ideas directly with decision makers, including US Ambassador Philip Murphy and a NATO representative, during the May 21 summit.
Policy Paper
Saving for Germany?
- - The European crisis is not only a Euro or financial crisis, it also has far reaching political implications. In his article Rainer Emschermann analyses the political dynamics while Europe is struggling for ways to solve its deepest crisis since the foundation of the European Union. more»
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The Euro Area Must not Founder on the Narrow-Minded Approach of the German Government
- - Just before the start of the decisive crisis summit on the Euro, leading politicians of the SPD and Green party criticized Merkel's crisis management and demanded a radical rethinking from the German Chancellor. more»
Proposal
Solving the European Economic Crisis: Proposal of a "European Redemption Pact"
- - The proposal is part of the annual report of the German Council of Economic Experts, which advises the German government in economic problems. Leading economic experts support this proposal, which also has been endorsed by the Parliamentary Group of the Greens in the German Parliament. more»
Report
Solidarity and Strength. The Future of the European Union
- - With the ink on the Treaty of Lisbon scarcely dry, the European debt crisis has once more raised the question as to how the EU should be constituted. The Union’s ability to hold together and withstand the crisis is being put to the test. Against this background, the Heinrich Böll Foundation set up a commission in 2010 to examine the future of the EU and a summary of its findings can be found in this publication. FULL PUBLICATION NOW AVAILABLE. more»
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Transatlantic 2020: A Tale of Four Futures
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What deep currents are likely to affect Europe and the United States over the next decade? Will they draw Europeans and Americans together or drive them apart? In this new book, Dan Hamilton and Kurt Volker offer “four futures” for the transatlantic relationship – each a narrative of how trends evident today could interact and evolve to shape the world we live in tomorrow.
Articles
Can a Stronger ESFS Save the Euro?
- - In the European Union, the Euro, the common currency of 17 EU countries, has been under speculative attack in global currency markets for some time. This is due largely to the debt crisis sweeping several of its member countries, but also a signal of larger global imbalances and power shifts in global financial markets. more»
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Transatlantic 20/20: The US and Europe in an Interpolar World
- - As the United States and Europe transition from the post-Cold War era of Western dominance to a more uncertain future, their commitment to each other in world affairs has been called into question by both sides. Once a given in international affairs, the future of the transatlantic relationship is anything but certain. more»
Event
Making Sense of Berlin’s Foreign Policy in an Era of Global Change
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On Friday, May 13, 2011, the Heinrich Böll Foundation North America and the Brookings Institution co-hosted the event Quo Vadis, Germany? Making Sense of Berlin’s Foreign Policy in an Era of Global Change with Cem Özdemir.
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Green-Red in Baden-Württemberg: How Much Change Should There Be?
- - A strong wind of change is blowing throughout the entire state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. What do the people expect of their new government? How much change should there be? And in what areas? more»
Report
Can Europe rise to the Challenge? EU Policy Responses to the Global Crisis
- - There are crises and crises. Some come and go without leaving any lasting trace but others signal a break with the past. You do not need to be much of a prophet to predict that the current global economic shock will go down in the history books as the end of an era. more»
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