Blockchain has shown itself to be one of the potentially revolutionary developments of the digital era. While the technology is already being applied in the public sector of some countries with promising results, there are… [Read more]
Month: November 2017
Fighting Climate Change: Tales from the Front Lines
With the 2017 UN Climate Conference COP23 in Bonn just recently coming to an end, editor Jonathan Parisi shares the results of interviews conducted with Giulia Houston of Progetto QUID and Lisa Jennings of Proctor and… [Read more]
Europe’s Next Frontier: Integration, Refugees and Solidarity
What does an ‘Ever Closer Union’ mean? MIA Student Sasha Ockenden takes a look at the idea of European integration, the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, and the narratives that allow German populists to construct an ‘immigrant invasion’ in places… [Read more]
Want To Fix The Iran Deal? Start With The IAEA
President Trump’s doubling down on a strategy of threats and sanctions in dealing with Iran and its alleged non-compliance will do little to fix the US-Iranian trust problem, claims editor and MIA student Polina Garaev.… [Read more]
Rethinking US Missile Defense in Times of Diplomatic Madness
Gone are the days of the post-Cold War ‘American Hyperpower’ which dominated global economic and strategic security in a world of relatively stable nuclear security. While the Cold War world presented an uneasy nuclear balance… [Read more]
The Case for Puerto Rican Statehood
The destruction caused by Hurricane Maria recently brought the plight of Puerto Rico to the front pages but, in reality, the U.S. territory has been suffering economically for decades. First-year MIA student Isaac Ward-Fineman walks… [Read more]
DeFacto – Season 2 Episode 3: The Paradise Papers
Just over year after the release of Panama papers, a second call-to-action has arisen with the publication of the Paradise Papers, the second largest set of documents revealing offshore investments and tax planning activities of… [Read more]
A Judiciary Paves the Way to a More Inclusive Society: Germany’s recognition of a Third Gender
With a clear conservative, right-leaning majority in the German parliament, the Federal Constitutional Court’s decision on the right to choose a third gender comes as a surprising, ground-breaking step for the country. MIA Student Vanessa… [Read more]
Peru’s First Nudge Unit: Pioneering education reform with insights from behavioural economics
Just a few weeks after Richard Thaler won the Nobel Prize in economics for his work in behavioural economics—popularised through his best-selling book Nudge— the Hertie School of Governance had the pleasure of hosting Daniel… [Read more]
DeFacto – Season 2 Episode 2: Separatism in Kurdistan and Catalonia
In DeFacto’s latest episode, Hertie Professor Dr. Basak Cali and MIA students Naz Ali and Roberto Japon Treffler were invited to discuss the meaning and democratic value of independence movements in Kurdistan and Catalonia. We would like to salute… [Read more]