The official adoption of the Nature Restoration Law was scheduled to take place next Monday in the Council of Environment Ministers. In principle, this was expected to be a formality. But things turned out quite differently.
By Claire Stam
Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People's Republic. Today's edition is about women's rights and how the activists' fighting spirit is unbroken despite fierce headwinds.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The German industry laments its competitive disadvantages against global competitors. A danger rarely discussed is the Chinese leadership's plan to use industrial policy to steal market share from Germany's "hidden champions" on the global market with its own "little giants." It is time to act.
By Amelie Richter
By internationalizing its currency, China wants to become less dependent on Western payment systems – not least for geopolitical reasons. However, Xi Jinping's obsession with control is undermining market confidence.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The Adventures of Tintin are very popular in China. But the turbulent history of the book Tintin in Tibet also tells a lot about China's leadership and its fight for concepts and interpretative sovereignty.
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On-shoring the production of artillery ammunition is not a long-term European armaments strategy, writes Lucas Hellemeier in his opinion piece. Instead, the EU and NATO countries should use their market power and shape it to suit their needs.
By Experts Table.Briefings
In its climate foreign policy strategy, the German government recognizes global warming as a significant security risk. However, what specifically follows from this remains unclear. Peacekeeping, emergency aid, sustainable development and adaptation to climate change could be meaningfully linked.
By Experts Table.Briefings
Countries like Germany preaching tolerance and cultural diversity must neither ignore nor belittle China. Especially as the Chinese still welcome us with open arms in many areas.
By Experts Table.Briefings
EU lawmakers will gather next week in Strasbourg for a plenary session. On the agenda is the vote on the Industrial Emissions Directive. This should have been a formality – but then came the farmer protests in France.
By Claire Stam
In times of dramatic climate and environmental crises, traditional political principles significantly restrict the work and search for solutions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It needs more freedom to break new ground.
By Experts Table.Briefings
