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Interview with Tom Koenigs

"The World Has to Prepare for a Long Presence in Afghanistan"

Germany's Tom Koenigs will soon take up his new post as UN special envoy to Afghanistan. Klaudia Prevezanos talked to him about his expectations and Germany's future human rights policy
World Bank Report

International Migration as Challenge and Opportunity

By analyzing the economic implications of migration, the World Bank concludes that migrants are more of a boon than a burden to the world economy. And, if properly managed, it says migration can help reduce poverty. By Lisa Schlein
Islam and the Modern Nation State

Battle of Identities

"Islam and the modern nation state" was the title of a conference held in Berlin, Germany. Experts and academics there discussed the significance of the concept of secularism for Muslim societies. Felix Engelhardt and Hicham Boutouil were among the attendees
EU Accession Talks

Membership Process under Pressure

This week two new chapters in Turkey's EU membership negotiations were opened, but with the French taking over presidency of the EU for the second half of the year resistance to Turkey's entry looks set to increase in 2008. Daniela Schröder has the details
Afghanistan

The Resurgence of the Neo-Taliban

A potent mix of ideology, ethnicity, strategy and social discontent fuels intensifying insurgency in Afghanistan.
Ban Looming for Turkey's Kurdish DTP Party

Strategy of Escalation

In July of this year, the DTP succeeded in fielding a pro-Kurdish fraction in the Turkish parliament, for the first time in the history of the republic. But now the party may be facing a ban because of its political proximity to the PKK. Antje Bauer has the details
The Republic of Niger

The Uranium Curse

A Tuareg revolt, coveted uranium resources, geopolitical rivalries, endemic poverty: is Niger becoming the latest patient in Africa's emergency-ward?
Interview with Richard Schröder

"Religions Are Systems for Orientation"

Secularisation is not the solution to the problem of religious violence, says Richard Schröder, member of the National Council on Ethics in Germany. In this interview with Volker Maria Neumann, he talks about the differences of Christian and Islamic concepts of self-criticism
Violence within Islam

An Unresolved Dilemma

Although in recent years radical Muslim preachers have increasingly been recruiting young Muslims for armed combat, till now no discourse has evolved within Islamic communities or amongst scholars surrounding the theological background to violence. By Mona Naggar
Azhar Scholars Debate the Civil Society

Let's Not Talk About Politics!

Scholars at the Islamic Azhar University welcome civic participation – just as long as it stays apolitical, as Lennert Lehmann writes in his analysis