As Quantitative Easing is increasingly questioned both in the U.S and in the Eurozone with regards to bond, stock, and currency markets, MPP student Patrick Sullivan invites us to look at the effects of QE… [Read more]
Handelsblatt’s “Person of the Year 2016”
Once again, Hertie School students were also asked to elect the “Person of the Year” in a school-wide online vote, which was organized by the online student magazine The Governance Post. Their choice: Canan Cokun, a… [Read more]
Interview with His Excellency Mr. Gurjit Singh, Ambassador of India to Germany
Last month, as the International Relations Club organised the first event of its Ambassador Series, Executive Editor Nathan Appleman sat down with His Excellency Mr. Gurjit Singh to discuss politics, energy, and structural domestic reforms in India.… [Read more]
Survival of the Fittest?
As the world embraces the digital frontier, will Germany’s digital transformation keep up or fall behind? Contemplations from The Hub Conference at STATION Berlin. The Garderobe Hall was big and bright. Blue and red show… [Read more]
All It Takes is a “Yes”? Italy’s Referendum on Historic Constitutional Reform
As the Italian referendum is drawing near, Hertie student Valentina Caracci weighs in on the direct and indirect implications and consequences of Sunday’s vote, whichever the result may be, on political institutions and good governance in… [Read more]
Caste Politics are Keeping India’s Divisions Alive
India made government job and educational quotas for marginalized castes a constitutional right in 1949, but bitter divisions over who-gets-what remain persistent across many states. Are these protests intrinsically related to caste hierarchy, or do… [Read more]
Build Bridges, Not Walls
Emma Krause, 1st year Public Policy student, reflects on the aftermath of the US election from her new home in Berlin. I am a dual US-Canadian citizen living in Berlin, Germany. Several weeks ago, I… [Read more]
A Brexit We Can Believe In
The year of the Brexit referendum is drawing to a close. The UK is, at the time of writing, awaiting a Supreme Court judgment on the matter of whether British constitutional law requires the process… [Read more]
Lies, Labels and Lessons to be Learned in Germany
When a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it really make a noise? When the mainstream media criticise Donald Trump and no one who will potentially vote… [Read more]
A Breath of Fresh Air for New Delhi
Last week’s heavy smog highlighted the scale of New Delhi’s air pollution problem, stoking public anger and pushing the government to declare a state of emergency. Can India finally step up to address chronic air… [Read more]