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Florian Bigge

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Programme Director for History and Politics at Körber-Stiftung | Views are my own

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Gabriele Woidelko @woidelko.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Still recovering from 2 intense days at our Körber History Forum Retreat 2026, hosted and organized by @koerberhistory.bsky.social . Our team still had enough energy to provide some key take-aways from our debates on the post 9/11 order and what is to come ... Kudos to @fbigge.bsky.social 👇
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Annika Brockschmidt (@ardenthistorian.bsky.social) war mit spannenden Einblicken in die ideologischen Abgründe des Silicon Valleys bei uns zu Gast. Im Zentrum: Der Glaube und wie die säkulare Tech-Welt mit religiös-radikalen Denkmustern verschmilzt. Das komplette Gespräch: shorturl.at/2sB8U 🧵1/3
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Wie handlungsfähig ist das Regime in Iran noch und was bedeutet das für die Region? Azadeh Zamirirad & David Jalilvand analysierten in der vergangenen Woche wie das System seinen Machterhalt absichert und den Krieg strategisch auf die Region ausweitet. Hier zum Gespräch 👉 shorturl.at/YjgNv 🧵1/3
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Dima Al-Khatib argues that as the #UN and the world navigate a period of #fragmentation, revisiting Bandung’s call for #cooperation among equals offers a powerful path forward. Read her article on South-South and Triangular cooperation here: t1p.de/bandung
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
📢 Wer ist schützenswert? In Folge 4 unseres Podcast-Specials „Erinnerungskämpfe" spricht Hadija Haruna-Oelker mit Ann-Katrin Müller @akm0803.bsky.social über die öffentliche Wahrnehmung von Bedrohung, gesellschaftlichen Schutz und die Rolle von Medien und Staat. 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/2IgW...
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Jürgen Trittin @trittin.de argues that with the old world order collapsing, Europe must build interest-driven alliances – with Western partners, democratic actors in the Global South & even with systemic rivals like China. Read his article “Replacing Unjust Multilateralism” here: t1p.de/bandung
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
As alliances weaken and the US retreats, the world enters an era of fragmented multilateralism. What does this mean for the global order? What role can new coalitions and civil society leadership assume? Read Michael Werz’ analysis “The End of the Old Order” here: t1p.de/bandung
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/10/2025
Four pillars of power helped the United States win the Cold War. The same pillars will almost certainly determine whether China or America wins today’s power competition—but instead of bolstering them, “Trump is bulldozing them,” Michael McFaul argues.
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Trump Is Demolishing Four Pillars of American Power
By rejecting the lessons of the previous century, the president has undermined America’s advantage over China and Russia.
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
70 years ago, leaders from Africa and Asia met in Bandung to reject Cold War binaries. Today, the Global South talks “multi-alignment”, engaging all powers without picking sides. Read @nathalietocci.bsky.social‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ analysis in “Bandung at 70” here: t1p.de/bandung 🧵1/3
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
“It is time for a new world order that is just, inclusive and reflective of all voices.” - How can this be done? A step-by-step approach by Former Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy in our new publication "Bandung at 70: Multilateralism in a New Era of Multi-Alignment”: t1p.de/bandung 🧵1/3
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
How can the “Bandung Spirit” guide us in renewing multilateralism today? Last week, policymakers, scholars, and practitioners gathered in Berlin to reflect on the impulses set in our new publication "Bandung at 70: Multilateralism in a New Era of Multi-Alignment": tinyurl.com/zyxbty3 🧵1/3
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Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Lots to dig into here! My own piece is in this collection is called “(Mis)remembering Bandung at 70” and argues that today’s invocations of Bandung reveal more about the present than the past.
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
📣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
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🌍 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. 🔗 unsouthsouth.org/2025/09/16/k... #GlobalSouth
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Körber-Stiftung: New Opportunities in a Changing Global Order
By Florian Bigge and Julia Ganter   Germany and Europe are facing a dilemma: for decades, the U.S.-led liberal international order provided the security umbrella and economic framework from which they...
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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?
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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
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.
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🔆🎙️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
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Re-release: How to Defeat Russia´s Superiority Complex? With Sergei Lebedew
Podcast-Folge · Geschichte ist Gegenwart! Der History & Politics Podcast der Körber-Stiftung · 07.08.2025 · 44 Min.
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Galip Dalay @galipdalay.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
“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
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
📌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
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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
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
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Gabriele Woidelko @woidelko.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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 👇 koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/...
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
📣 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
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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
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Florian Bigge @fbigge.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
There 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/...
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Gabriele Woidelko @woidelko.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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? 👇🔖
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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
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
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🌐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
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
‘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
Picture from the CHIOS x Körber Roundtable, Teaser from the History & Policy Debrief
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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
Cover of the History & Policy Debrief from the CHIOS x Körber Roundtable
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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
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
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The Zeitenwende demands more than European introspection: if Europe wants to remain relevant, it must rethink global reform and build coalitions beyond the West.
Zitatkachel mit einem Bild vom CHIOS x Körber Roundtable
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
📢 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
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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.
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Tidligere utenriksminister: Vi trenger en nordisk forsvarsunion med atomvåpen - Altinget
En nordisk forsvarsunion med atomvåpen er ikke bare en drøm – det er en strategisk nødvendighet som kan avskrekke fiender, stabilisere Norden og sementere Nordens posisjon som en sterk, selvstendig ak...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🧵 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?
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Florian Bigge @fbigge.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"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
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Balanceakt im Ostseeraum
Angeblich ein „Meer des Friedens“ in sowjetischen Zeiten, ist die Ostsee spätestens seit 2014 Brennpunkt geopolitischer Spannungen. Historische Erfahrungen der östlichen Anrainerstaaten Polen, Litauen...
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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
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Weltmacht-Duo oder Schein-Allianz? Chinas und Russlands fragiles Bündnis. Mit Sören Urbansky und Martin Wagner
Podcast Episode · Geschichte ist Gegenwart! Der History & Politics Podcast der Körber-Stiftung · 02/28/2025 · 45m
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Florian Bigge @fbigge.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Wohlgemerkt in der Financial Times: "Yet the US and European countries that tout #Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity."
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Florian Bigge @fbigge.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Superb piece by @sarotte.bsky.social on just how much hinges on the terms of a peace deal: "a lot hangs on a few words on a piece of paper that may or may not be signed in the coming weeks… Those few words could signal the arrival of a much darker future." on.ft.com/3Siuca3 #Ukraine
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What must Ukraine give up for peace?
As Putin looks back to 1945, a deal that formalises the loss of Crimea could project Russian power into the heart of Europe
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Franziska Davies @efdavies.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
„The book claims that the Lithuanian nation and language do not exist.“ This is the Russian playbook. This is the exact same narrative with which Russia prepared its attack on Ukraine.
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Russia publishes book on Lithuanian history, preface written by Lavrov
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys has criticised a book on the country’s history published in Russia, which fe...
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Florian Bigge @fbigge.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Hier auch noch mal die Warnung von BND und Forschung, dass die Erderwärmung zu den fünf größten externen Bedrohungen für Deutschland zählt: www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Studie von Klimaforschern und BND: Forscher und BND sehen nationale Sicherheit durch Klimakrise bedroht
Die Klimakrise verstärkt laut einer Studie Konflikte um Land, Wasser und Nahrung – mit Folgen für Deutschland. Sicherheit und Wohlstand seien in Gefahr, warnt der BND.
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Die #Ostsee war nie ein "Meer des Friedens". Wie #Sicherheit und #Geschichte angesichts der Bedrohungen durch #Russland und neo-imperialer Töne aus Washington hier zusammenwirken, haben @woidelko.bsky.social und @fbigge.bsky.social in diesem Essay analysiert: internationalepolitik.de/de/balanceak...
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Balanceakt im Ostseeraum
Angeblich ein „Meer des Friedens“ in sowjetischen Zeiten, ist die Ostsee spätestens seit 2014 Brennpunkt geopolitischer Spannungen. Historische Erfahrungen der östlichen Anrainerstaaten Polen, Litauen...
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Nils Markwardt @fjmurau.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Wolfram Weimer beschreibt in seinem »konservativen Manifest« die liberale Wende des Konservatismus und zitiert als Beleg nun gerade das eine große anti-liberale, kriegslüsterne und deutschtum-metaphysische Buch Thomas Manns - was eigentlich nur heißen kann, dass er es nicht gelesen hat.
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
📢Live at 10:30 CEST: Our public event in Jakarta on "Commemorating 70 Years of Asian-African Conference", where @koerberip.bsky.social launch the 2nd Emerging Middle Powers Report 2025. Then: Panel debate on the historical legacy of the Asian-African Conference. Join us live👉 t1p.de/1caqt
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This afternoon in Bandung: We move to today’s battlegrounds. Session 3 explores economic sovereignty in the age of critical minerals, de-dollarization and net-zero transitions. What does a just global economy look like — from the South’s perspective? 🧵1/3 #Bandung70 #GlobalSouth
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🚀 Day 2 of our Global History & Politics Dialogues starts now. We’re marking 70 years since the Asian-African Conference – not just to remember, but to ask what its legacy means for today’s middle powers and their role in a fractured world. 🧵1/3
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
It begins: Tonight, the Global History & Politics Dialogues open in Bandung, Indonesia - 70 years after the Asian-African Conference of 1955. We’re honoured to kick things off with the Mayor of Bandung and opening speeches that look back - and ahead. #Bandung70 #HistoryPoliticsDialogues 🧵1/4
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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🤝? „Die historische Logik der chinesisch-russischen Freundschaft wird sich nicht ändern.“ - So Chinas Außenminister Wang Yi auf die Frage, ob Trumps Annäherung an #Russland die Allianz gefährden könnte. Doch hält diese historische Logik stand? Mehr im Podcast👉 open.spotify.com/show/2fpMFKu... #China
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