Beijing's claim to stylize itself as the victor over fascism distorts the historical facts, writes Chu Li-ling, Taiwan's deputy representative in Germany. It also endangers the peace it claims to be defending.
By Chu Li-ling
Paula Köhler and Wolfgang Ischinger write that Europe could distinguish itself in the global AI competition with a middle ground between the unbridled US drive for innovation and the Chinese model of state control.
By Wolfgang Ischinger and Paula Köhler
Europe-wide polls currently suggest no successful restart for the von der Leyen coalition. If elections were held now, the European Parliament would be more polarized – and further to the right – than ever before. Another group, however, is also gaining ground.
By Manuel Müller
Organic associations in Germany are currently seeing their advertising jeopardized by an EU greenwashing directive of all things. To ensure that they can continue to describe their products as ecological or organic with legal certainty, the Federal Ministry of Justice, which is currently transposing the directive into German law, urgently needs to resolve a legal contradiction.
By Simone Gärtner
The hydrogen ramp-up is at risk. Even fully planned projects are being canceled due to incalculable risks. Yet green hydrogen is crucial not only for the climate but also for security. The German government must now provide planning certainty.
By Carolin Dähling
In 2020, India and China were on the brink of war in the Himalayas. Five years later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is traveling to China – at a time when Donald Trump's punitive tariffs are putting India under pressure. But history shows that Beijing is a master at exploiting weaknesses.
By Brahma Chellaney
Brussels cannot let US trade pressure rewrite its digital rulebook, write Luise Quaritsch and Arthur Leichthammer from the Jacques Delors Centre in their position paper.
By Luise Quaritsch and Arthur Leichthammer
Political calculation played as large a role in the founding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as the penchant for big numbers. Mao and Xi – and East German propaganda – knew how to capitalize on that.
By Johnny Erling
Trump’s climate policy is no accident, two American scholars argue. The United States aims to break China’s dominance in green technologies and weaponize fossil fuels – with drastic consequences for the planet.
By Mark Blyth and Daniel Driscoll
Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People's Republic. A ruling by China's Supreme People's Court is supposed to strengthen the country's social security system, but the decision has been met with little sympathy.
By Redaktion Table
