IPS Journal

As a dedicated debate platform, the IPS Journal explores crucial questions in international politics, from foreign and security policy to European integration, international relations, global environmental issues and pressing social topics. The journal offers well-founded analyses from academia and the world of practice, alongside opinionated commentaries and topical interviews – all providing impetus for a fruitful opinion-forming process.

02.04.2025

‘This is a political earthquake’

The long-awaited verdict in the trial for embezzlement of EU funds against the leader of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) has caused quite a stir. What were the reactions in France?

Shock, disbelief and statements…


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01.04.2025

Two models for agentic AI

AI ‘agents’ are coming, whether we are ready or not. While there is much uncertainty about when AI models will be able to interact autonomously with digital platforms, other AI tools and even humans, there can be little…


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31.03.2025

Demand tolerance, not love

What a difference eight years can make. Or not. When Trump was re-elected in 2024, human rights circles didn’t react with the same indignation as in 2016. People get used to anything — or develop the ability to numb…


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26.03.2025

After NATO — the way forward

In The World Crisis, his personal account of World War I, Winston Churchill noted that ‘the moral consequence of the United States joining the Allies was indeed the deciding cause in the conflict… [Without America] the war…


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25.03.2025

The streets demand justice

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić seems invincible. Over the past 13 years – during which he has ruled the Balkan nation as first deputy prime minister, prime minister and president – he always managed to find a way out of…


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24.03.2025

Home sweet hurdle

The topic of housing has moved up the political agenda. During recent regional and national elections in Spain, Austria and the Netherlands, different political parties attempted to gain votes by offering their respective…


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24.03.2025

Germany’s incoming government has embraced military Keynesianism

For the first time in several decades, Germany is rearming. In the ongoing talks to form a coalition government, the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) – the first- and third-largest parties in the Bun…


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21.03.2025

Democracy dies in handcuffs

As Europe grapples with political upheaval and geopolitical crises, a subtle yet far-reaching development is unfolding: the stigmatisation and suppression of civil society organisations.

This trend is currently on full…


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21.03.2025

‘Arrests have taken place almost every day’

What do we know so far about the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu? Who else has been arrested and why?

Tina Blohm: Over 100 arrest warrants were issued on Wednesday within the framework of three separate…


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20.03.2025

An ocean of gold but no water to drink

Privatisation was once heralded as the key to Africa’s economic revitalisation, a promise that essential services would become more efficient, widely available and cost-effective under private ownership. Several decades…


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