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Events
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06.05.2025
Reshuffle Research: Exploring decolonial and inclusive approaches
How can we bring a decolonial and inclusive lens to the research and projects we are developing during our time in Germany?
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07.04. – 08.04.2025
The Power of Dialogue and the Impact of Silencing in Foreign Policy
This two-part workshop aims to provide both theoretical and practical insights into the mechanics of dialogue and silencing focusing on how the analytical concepts can be defined, assessed, and applied in real-world…
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27.03.2025
The Sino-Russian alliance and the return of the power blocs: Mao and Stalin’s long shadows?
Western media often describe the relationship between Russia and China as a close friendship between two ‘autocracies’ against the ‘Western community of values’. Xi and Putin speak of a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’…
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26.03.2025
Handshake or trade war? Fair world trade in times of geopolitical rivalries
At a time of growing geopolitical tensions, protectionism is experiencing a global renaissance. Numerous countries are threatening each other with punitive tariffs and trade restrictions. Aggressive economic policies are putting increasing pressure…
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10.03. – 11.03.2025
Social Media Communication in Science and University Marketing
This workshop is aimed at scientists, university staff and communication managers from our network (and Friends) who want to improve their social media strategies in a targeted manner. The focus is on…
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31.01.2025
Region meets international politics
The links between regional and urban history and international relations are manifold, but rarely obvious at first glance. Municipalities, regional self-government and (federal) states often did not and do not act exclusively…
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14.01.2025
Infrastructure, AI and Europe’s Road to Digital Sovereignty
The intensifying techno-geopolitical competition between China and the US has exposed Europe’s vulnerability to digital dependencies.
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07.01.2025
Event Report: Trump Reloaded –What would Ludwig Erhard say?
“Do not praise my merits from the past, but use my experience for the future.” This phrase concludes the memoirs of the second German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, recorded by speechwriter Johnny Klein…
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09.12. – 11.12.2024
Responsibility in Space
Outer space has emerged as a distinct arena of political and economic interactions that can benefit humankind. With rising commercial interest and the engagement of states, outer space has become a zone…
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02.12.2024
Event Report: Responsibility in Space for Sustainability on Earth
As part of the United Nations World Space Forum in Bonn (3–6 December 2024), AIA NRW organised a side event titled “Responsibility in Space for Sustainability on Earth” on 2 December 2024.…
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27.11.2024
Event Report: Afghanistan at the Crossroads. 23 Years Afghanistan Conference – Challenges and Opportunities
The Academy has already organized various events and a Fellow research project on Afghanistan’s past, present and future. On the 23rd anniversary of the first Bonn Afghanistan Conference, a discussion with former…
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14.11.2024
Event Report: To the Moon and Back: Lunar Policy-making, Security, and Cooperation in Europe and Beyond
AIA Fellows Raul Gonzalez and Günes Ünüvar organized a workshop on the subject “To the Moon and Back: Lunar Policy-Making, Security, and Cooperation in Europe.” They brought together many distinguished experts from…
