In February 2020, the European Union established the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management in Berlin. We spoke to Volker…

Violence in the Sahel is increasing but stabilization efforts have so far focussed on military interventions. Read about why promoting civil-society…

The Central American youth programme Agentes de Cambio, or “Agents of Change”, has had to move with the times during the COVID-19 lockdown, bringing…

Despite being one of the most vulnerable sectors, many informal workers globally have no social security – either from private employers or the state.…

Gender inequality continues to become prevalent, even in seemingly progressive structures like trade unions. FES Chile tells the story of a group of…

The global FES project ‘The Future is Feminist’ hopes to create a vibrant space for exchanging ideas and strategies on feminist visions and on the…

How is one organisation working to reconcile climate goals with labour and economic interests.

The respective hydrogen strategies of Germany and the European Union are set to solve the question how to decarbonize the industrial sector. Hydrogen…

"Capitalism is at a dead end", according to French Minister of Finance Bruno Le Maire. And he is right: Our way of doing business and our…

As humanity battles the coronavirus pandemic, the fight against climate change has taken a back seat. This is why ecological deterioration should be…

Italy finds itself at a crossroads. It is clear that inequality, democracy, and populism go hand in hand. One false step could jeopardize the whole…

A feminist perspective from the Middle East and North Africa on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

After COVID-19 we cannot accept to return to the status quo: A transformation and reorganization of the entire care system must be achieved.

NATO is the most successful military alliance in history, but there is no time like the present to contemplate alternatives.

In the Middle East the coronavirus has changed the rules of the game and forced Israel and the Palestinians to communicate and cooperate in the joint…

Maritime security in Asia Pacific is often viewed through a traditional security lens, where the main responsibility falls on maritime law enforcement…

Instead of divesting from fossil fuels, the Philippines, one of the countries most affected by climate change, is planning to increase its reserves…

For the shift from fossil fuels towards renewable energies to be genuinely sustainable on both the environmental and social levels, it needs to be just, to leave no one behind during the process.

The inclusivity of Brazilian society is put to the test as the coronavirus pandemic highlights a labour sector ripe with historical and structural inequality: domestic work.

We need planetary thinking and international cooperation to solve pressing global problems.

After months of lockdown and classes taking place online or even on TV, what does the “new normal” look like for Mongolia’s education sector?

Thirty years ago, in Paris, leaders of the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) signed a Charter marking the end of an era of confrontation and division in Europe. It opened a new era of democracy, peace…

Police reform and development are crucial for peace in Afghanistan, according to Deputy Interior Minister Hosna Jalil. She spoke to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung about her hopes and concerns for intra-Afghan negotiations and…

The project Paz Glocal – Glocal Peace in Colombia has been gathering the visions of peace as expressed by thousands of citizens from around the country. We spoke with representatives of two of the three organizations…

Political youth education is central to the work of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Armen Mkchyan, a former participant of the Eastern European Academy for Social Democracy, shares how the Academy creates strong networks, breaks…

Union membership has been declining for decades and engaging young workers is a challenge. We spoke to Luca Schirmer, secretary for the student faction of the German Education Union (GEW) about engaging young people in the…

What is the kind of work without which a society would perish and how do we acknowledge it? Andris Šuvajevs says it like it is: make essential workers the best-paid sector in society and re-establish full employment as a key…

The power of progressive actors and citizens combined can offset the climate ignorance of certain governments, allow progressive actors to connect…

FES Budapest assesses the impact of COVID-19 on the already beleaguered independent media in Eastern Europe.

Farah Daibes expertly summarizes a study that dives deep into the origins of Family Laws in the MENA Region and the recent amendments made…

A book review of Torben Iversen/David Soskice: Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century. Princeton University…

This is not a forecast, but a possible scenario. It's entirely possible to protect the environment and create employment opportunities—a scenario for…

Over two million workers die every year from occupational diseases, of which nearly one million are due to toxic exposures alone. Baskut Tuncak…

For the protagonist of the novel, the greatest pain to be feared is that, as a mother of four living in precarious circumstances, she will soon no…

"We describe European societies as open, and rightly so. Retreating into a fortress would flatly contradict that openness."

The most important task […] consists in bridging the gap overcoming the social and political divide between the mobile and the rather more settled…