Debate
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Verlust der Glaubwürdigkeit
Gastbeitrag in der Frankfurter Rundschau - 30.07.2025
In unserem Gastbeitrag in der FR habe ich gemeinsam mit Jan Wilkens (Uni Hamburg) argumentiert, dass die Luftbrückeniniative für Gaza ein Ablenkungsmanöver ist und erkläre warum Merz und Wadephul Ihre Israelpolitik neuasrichten und die Forderungen aus der SPD Fraktion umsetzten sollten.
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Civil society since the Arab Spring
Commentary in Qantara - 26.03.2025
Europe must support the agents of change in Western Asia and North Africa.
14 years since the Arab Spring, the much-anticipated widespread democratic transition in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) remains elusive. Despite regime changes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen in 2011, and more recently in Algeria, Sudan, and Syria, authoritarian rule persists across the region.
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Das Ende der Wissenschaftsfreiheit
Gastbeitrag im Spiegel - 27.01.2025
Der Bundestag ist sich sicher: Was wirklich hilft im Kampf gegen den Antisemitismus, ist noch eine Resolution, die den Hochschulen vorschreibt, wie sie arbeiten sollen. Warum er irrt.
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Germany’s Israel Policy Must Change
Argument for Foreign Policy - 14.02.2025
Germany’s desire to atone for historical atrocities threatens to make it complicit in violations of international law committed by the IDF. Berlin should reassess its policy toward Israel, Germany must engage in honest soul-searching on its relationship with the country—a highly sensitive issue.
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Neither value-driven nor feminist
Essay for Qantara - 16.01.2025
Germany's policy on Egypt is based on economic interests and a fear the country may collapse. As a result it contributes to stabilising Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's brutal regime.
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COVID-19: field research needs to find a way back fast after pandemic
Analysis for the Conversation - 11.05.2021
Until the COVID pandemic hit, academics from a wide range of disciplines relied heavily on work out in the field for their research. Not being able to carry out such fieldwork has had a negative effect on both increasing scientific knowledge and making progress.