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Programme Director for History and Politics at Körber-Stiftung | Views are my own
📣Out now: Bandung at 70. A joint project with Robert Bosch Stiftung, this new ePaper revisits the 1955 “Bandung Spirit” 70 years on. Can Global South & North renew multilateralism, defend international law & tackle crises from climate to digital futures? 👉Find out here: tinyurl.com/zyxbty3
08.10.2025 14:11 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 4
🌍 As #UNGA2025 debates the future of global cooperation, @UNOSSC features a timely article by @fbigge.bsky.social & Julia Ganter @koerber-ip.bsky.social on Europe’s role in engaging the Global South through South-South & triangular cooperation.
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Folge #1 unseres Podcast-Specials "Erinnerungskämpfe“ ist online! Hadija Haruna-Oelker @hadijaho.bsky.social spricht mit dem Literaturwissenschaftler Ibou Diop über Schwarze Geschichte in Deutschland, fehlende intersektionale Perspektiven und die Frage: Wer gehört dazu – und wer wird vergessen?
01.09.2025 11:16 — 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
The picture shows the coverpage of the epaper "History and Policy Debrief. 70 Years since Bandung: Non-Alignment, Multi-Alignment, and the Role of Emerging Middle Powers. It gives a brief overview of the key takeaways from the event Global History and Politics Dialogue, held from 15 to 17th April 2025 in Bandung, Indonesia. The event and the epaper were organized and published by Körber-Stiftung.
What if the ‘West’ is not a bloc anymore, but rather a set of #MiddlePowers in search of purpose? As the geopolitical #West fragments, countries such as Germany, Canada or Japan are rediscovering their identities. Not as great powers, but as middle powers.
Read the Debrief 👉 t1p.de/auz77 1/3
🔆🎙️Zur Sommerpause ein kleines, feines Best-of unseres #Podcasts 2025: Den Auftakt macht diese Folge mit dem russischen Exil-Autor Sergey Lebedev - über Russlands Rechtfertigung des Kriegs gegen die #Ukraine und die Verantwortung Deutschlands dabei 👉 podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/r... #Russland
08.08.2025 06:54 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“From Bandung to Middle Power Internationalism: How to Remake the World” My debrief with Körber Stiftung,
informed by our workshop in April. koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/... @fbigge.bsky.social @faisaldevji.bsky.social @woidelko.bsky.social @koerberhistory.bsky.social @koerber-ip.bsky.social
📌Du brennst für die großen Fragen Europas und der Welt im Spannungsfeld Geschichte & Politik? 🌍Du möchtest Debatten zwischen internationaler Politik und Zivilgesellschaft mitgestalten? Wie wär's mit einem #PRAKTIKUM bei uns im Körber History Forum? 👉https://jobs.koerber-stiftung.de/de?id=4d61d5
21.07.2025 07:46 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Quote from the History and Policy Debrief Issue 2. It summarizes key insights from the Global History and Politics Dialogue commemorating 70 years of the Bandung Conference. The dialogue took place from 15-17 April 2025 in Bandung, Indonesia. The quote says "Like in the post-Bandung era, cross-regional coalitions are key: only middle powers can defend norms and deliver global public goods when the great powers abstain." Photo in the background shows a participant from the roundtable. Copyright photo: FPCI/Mutia Kartika Putri
When the big powers withdraw – who fills the gap? Middle powers! Our latest Debrief reveals how countries such as Brazil, India, South Africa and Germany are taking on new roles in diplomacy, conflict mediation and global cooperation. 👉 t1p.de/auz77 🧵1/3
18.07.2025 07:54 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
How to navigate Great Power Play within #G20 and #BRICS in an age of policrisis? What role is in for Middle Powers? And why does the #Bandung spirit of 1955 matter in this context? Read more in the latest History and Policy Debrief of @koerberhistory.bsky.social 👇
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📣 Lust auf ein #Praktikum an der Schnittstelle von #Politik und #Geschichte?
Beim Körber History Forum ist gerade eins ausgeschrieben! Was wir bieten? Einblicke in globale Debatten, Dialoge mit internationalen Gästen und mehr. Wo ist die Ausschreibung? 👉https://jobs.koerber-stiftung.de/de?id=4d61d5
Think BRICS is picking up where Bandung left off? Think again. Our new Debrief shows why today’s #MiddlePowers need more than economic transactions. They need a shared political vision grounded in norms and values to shape a more inclusive global order. 👉 t1p.de/auz77 🧵1/3
15.07.2025 08:55 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0There was a lot of talk about the #Bandung spirit at the recent #BRICS summit in Rio. In our latest Debrief, written by
@galipdalay.bsky.social, we revisit the 1955 Bandung Conference and ask: Can its legacy inspire a cross-regional, middle-power agenda today? 🌍👉 koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
As the Global Order continues to be challenged, we provide food for thought about the potential legacies of the 1955 #Bandung conference. How can Middle Powers navigate rough waters and what kind of alignment is helpful for them? Which lessons are in for 2025? And what is completely different? 👇🔖
09.07.2025 08:24 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Quote from the History and Policy Debrief Issue 2. It summarizes key insights from the Global History and Politics Dialogue commemorating 70 years of the Bandung Conference. The dialogue took place from 15-17 April 2025 in Bandung, Indonesia. The quote says "Bandung does not provide a blueprint for reforming and remaking the contemporary order; rather, it offers a powerful historical experience and process to learn from." Photo in the background shows two participants from the roundtable. Copyright photo: FPCI
What does a 1955 conference have to do with global politics today? A lot, if you are a middle power navigating a fractured world. Our new History & Politics Debrief explores what the Bandung Conference can teach us about political agency and international cooperation.
Download here👉 t1p.de/auz77 1/3
🌐As the #BRICS summit in Rio highlights emerging powers and multi-alignment, our new Debrief with @koerberip.bsky.social revisits the 1955 Bandung conference and its legacy. Can the spirit of Bandung inspire a cross-regional middle-power agenda in today's fragmented world? Read here 👉 t1p.de/auz77
07.07.2025 13:09 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 3
Picture from the CHIOS x Körber Roundtable, Teaser from the History & Policy Debrief
‘Cold War’, ‘end of history’ - what if Western categories are part of the problem? Our new Debrief History & Policy Debrief questions how we talk about #Zeitenwende 👉 t1p.de/qjlct 🧵1/3
20.06.2025 07:34 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Cover of the History & Policy Debrief from the CHIOS x Körber Roundtable
How does history inform foreign policy in the Baltics? Our new History & Policy Debrief from the CHIOS x Körber Roundtable explains how historical memory shapes geopolitical foresight. See why Europe must pay attention 👉 t1p.de/qjlct 🧵1/3
18.06.2025 09:09 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Quote from the CHIOS x Körber Roundtable: "Instead, we are moving not towards a multipolar world but towards an age of imperial contestation within a hyper-globalized but competitively multi-ordered world." Copyright Photo: Körber-Stiftung/Claudia Höhne
What does #Zeitenwende mean for Europe and the global order? Our new History & Policy Debrief explores why the international rules-based order is fading - and how Europe must adapt.
Read here: t1p.de/qjlct 1/3
What can Ukraine's #resilience teach Europe in this new era?
Our new Debrief from the CHIOSxKörber Roundtable puts #Zeitenwende into sharp historical and global perspective.
Download here: t1p.de/qjlct 🧵1/3
Zitatkachel mit einem Bild vom CHIOS x Körber Roundtable
The Zeitenwende demands more than European introspection: if Europe wants to remain relevant, it must rethink global reform and build coalitions beyond the West.
04.06.2025 11:01 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
What began as Germany’s policy shift responding to Russia’s war in Ukraine, has become a broader European awakening. Old certainties like Western dominance, NATO security guarantees, and institutional arrangements no longer hold. 1/3
30.05.2025 07:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
📢 We’ve just launched our first History and Policy Debrief! This e-paper summarises the key takeaways from the CHIOS x Körber Roundtable, which took place in April 2025 in Hamburg. There, Zeitenwende was discussed and placed into a historical and global context.
Read it here👉 t1p.de/p42np
Not only has the idea of a Nordic bomb become a casual topic on Swedish morning radio, but now also a Danish ex-foreign minister calls for a Nordic defence union with own nuclear weapons - as strategic necessity.
16.05.2025 07:33 — 👍 262 🔁 85 💬 24 📌 19🧵 I’ve talked a lot about disordered discourse, conspiracies, polarisation, denialism. But maybe the better question is: why does this keep happening? Why does our shared reality keep fracturing? What are the drivers I talk about as a dimension of disordered discourse?
16.05.2025 09:01 — 👍 664 🔁 247 💬 37 📌 33sonst kollidiert es weiterhin mit der Dringlichkeit der baltischen Staaten und #Polen. Es muss eine sichtbare Ostsee-Mit-Führungsrolle übernehmen. Eine faktische Sicherheitskoalition mit den Balten und Polen könnte die europäische Verteidigung und ein Transatlantik 2.0 antreiben. Oder? #Russland
13.05.2025 12:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Europas Dilemma: Der neo-imperiale Kurs Washingtons zwingt Europa zur Wahl zwischen Abhängigkeit und strategischer Autonomie - hier kreuzen sich baltische Sorgen und Führungsanspruch. Berlin am Scheideweg: Deutschland muss vom Nord-Stream-Gestern zur Gegenwart finden: ... 4/5
13.05.2025 12:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0geprägt von Invasion und Besatzungen, betrachten die #NATO-Garantien als existenziell. Sie handeln nach dem Motto: Geschichte + Realismus = Abschreckung dringend notwendig. Gibt es einen realistischen Plan B, falls die USA sich zurückziehen? Eher nicht. #Trump verschärft... 3/5
13.05.2025 12:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Kein Randmeer, sondern Konfliktzone: Spätestens seit 2014 ist der Ostseeraum Hotspot russischer Provokationen, Sabotage & Cyberattacken. Russische Störmanöver testen täglich die #NATO-Reaktionsfähigkeit. Geschichte bestimmt Strategie: #Polen, #Litauen, #Lettland & #Estland,... 2/5
13.05.2025 12:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"Der gesamte baltische Raum hat bisher zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit bekommen", sagt der neue deutsche Außenminister Wadephul @aussenminister.diplo.de. Hier setzt die Analyse an, die ich mit @woidelko.bsky.social für @internationalepolitik.de geschrieben habe: internationalepolitik.de/de/balanceak... 🧵1/5
13.05.2025 12:48 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Bei der Siegesparade am 9. Mai in #Moskau bekundeten #Putin und #Xi ihren Schulterschluss. Wie brüchig dieser ist, wie groß die Symbolpolitik + Geschichtsklitterung: mehr in unserem Podcast zum 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 Verhältnis und die geopolitischen Hintergründe und Folgen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... #Russia
12.05.2025 07:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
