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 – 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]
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]
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]
MONDAY TAKE – Doom Scrolling Past Ukraine: The TikTok attention span of war
What used to be CNN’s most covered topic, making up 8% of its airtime, now represents less than 1%. The war in Ukraine is receiving less and less attention. The same goes for the public.… [Read more]
Is Human Oversight in AI Warfare Just an Illusion? The urgent need for governance in the autonomous age
As AI targeting systems become more common in warfare, the effectiveness of human oversight is increasingly put into question. Israel’s use of Lavender AI in Gaza shows how operators often act as a “rubber stamp,”… [Read more]