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Building Bridges in Times of Divide: Gathering on Migration and Technology

The Migration and Technology Monitor and Heinrich Böll Foundation are hosting a Nairobi gathering to bridge divides, share research, and shape policy. Half the attendees are Global North scholars; half are MTM Fellows with lived migration or occupation experience.

Florian Schmitz, Drew Mitnick

Resolution 1325 in El Salvador: Shifts from Human to Militarized Security

Background

El Salvador’s commitment to UN Resolution 1325 faces a crossroads: Past progress is now at risk as President Bukele’s growing militarization threatens women’s rights and equality, reviving echoes of the country’s war-torn past.

Gloria Guzmán Orellana

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Trump can leave the Paris Agreement behind, but not America's climate finance obligations

Analysis

Skirting the Belém climate talks and leaving the Paris Agreement does not erase the continued legal obligation of the United States to provide climate finance to developing countries - and at a scale that is commensurate with the country’s global responsibility as the historically largest emitter.

Liane Schalatek, Carla Adams

Phalanx of defence pacts? Mapping bilateral defence partnerships in Europe

Böll EU Brief

Europe’s defence map is being redrawn. Our new Böll EU Brief tracks over 160 defence partnerships signed since 2014 among EU countries, the UK and Ukraine – most of them after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Bilateralism boosts trust, interoperability and procurement speed, but also risks duplication and fragmentation. To turn this patchwork into strategy, the EU and NATO should map and integrate these deals into joint planning, strengthen the European Defence Agency’s role, and use bilaterals to offset declining US support.

Roderick Kefferpütz, Anika Bruck