New Episode of Shaping Tomorrow by The Governance Post: Justice Across Time: A Conversation with Luis Moreno Ocampo! This week on Shaping Tomorrow, Danielle Gottlieb sits down with someone whose work has shaped the very… [Read more]
BVG Strikes: Solidarity despite inconvenience
The BVG strikes during the first months of 2025 were more than just an annoyance for Hertie students trying to get to class on time. They were the site of a battle of narratives, dominating… [Read more]
Why the West Should Support Putin’s Intervision Proposal and the Geopolitics of Music
Putin’s announcement to launch and host Intervision, a rival to the Eurovision Song Contest, is easy to dismiss as unserious or irrelevant to global affairs. But not only is the decision indeed serious, it is… [Read more]
In the Shadow of Sham Trials: Hostages of a Genocide
The Armenian Genocide is not a tragedy of the past, but a continuing process of erasure—through forced displacement, destruction of cultural heritage, and denial of return. In Artsakh, Azerbaijan has continued this pattern, which began… [Read more]
MONDAY TAKES – Trump’s Gulf Shank: Maximizing policy failure
Donald Trump’s intention to recognize the Persian Gulf as the “Arabian Gulf”, a “gift” to Saudi Arabia to incentivize normalization of ties with Israel, is counterproductive. Much of the Arab world today refers to the… [Read more]
MONDAY TAKES – Right-wing Warmongering is Destroying India’s Credibility
On April 22nd, Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, was the site of a deadly terrorist attack. This has now led to a spiralling offensive between India and Pakistan, edging closer and closer to war. However, it… [Read more]
MONDAY TAKES – The American University: Short term security for long term risk?
Universities in the United States are under assault by the Trump Administration, facing three unenviable options: Capitulation, Resistance, or Trudging Along. These are all bad options. Capitulation requires abandonment of academic freedom and constraint of… [Read more]
MONDAY TAKES – Press Freedom on the Decline: A yellow warning light for Germany
The organization Reporters Without Borders just published its annual report on press freedom on Friday. And their assessment is anything but rosy: global press freedom is in historically worse shape and the protection of the… [Read more]
Lived Experience Series: Housing Edition
Welcome to the Governance Post Podcast, Lived Experiences Series, where we dive into how history and policy shape daily life in Berlin. Bringing together perspectives from Hertie students and people in the field, we explore… [Read more]
MONDAY TAKES – La Haine
“C’est l’histoire d’un homme qui tombe d’un immeuble de 50 étages. Le mec, au fur et à mesure de sa chute, il se répète pour se rassurer: ‘Jusqu’ici tout va bien… jusqu’ici tout va bien…… [Read more]