The ABI in the media

ABI staff members Philipp Wagner and Etienne Höra (Bertelsmann Stiftung) call for a more detailed analysis of the impact of infrastructure projects such as undersea cables between the EU and North Africa.

ABI staff member Anas Ansar and Eva Gutensohn from südnordfunk spoke with activist Azaher Uddín about the young generation in Bangladesh, the possibilities for a new beginning, and what the generation expects of the new government.

Together with Hanna Al-Taher, Benjamin Schütze published a guest commentary on German Middle East policy. Their verdict: mendacious and lost. Now an Arabic translation of the article is available at Al-Ittihad.

For the video "Peace and Conflict in Latin America. Insights from Critical Perspectives", the network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict invited a group of scholars to discuss the colonial legacies and continuities in the region. 

This report by Südnordfunk of iz3w discusses the visit of a Maka delegation to the university last March to demand the repatriation of their ancestors. 

Franzisca Zanker argues in the Public Anthropologist that while the pressure to comply with the EU regarding migration-related issues is high due to asymmetric power balances, African states developed subtle and often implicit ways of responding.

In this article at Phenomenal World, Alke Jenss and Inés Durán Matute examine how the military expansion in Mexico is connected to the government's economic priorities, at the cost of funding for health, science, and the judiciary.

Philipp Wagner discusses the decision-making behind renewable energy partnerships between the Maghreb and EU states. In his contribution on the Blog for Transregional Research, he offers concrete policy evaluations and recommendations.

Anas Ansar examines the connections between increasing violence in Rohingya refugee camps and the escalating war in Myanmar's Rakhine region in a blog post at XCEPT.

In the latest issue of Routed Magazine #26, ABI staff members and associates reflect on the impacts of COVID-19 on im/mobility in the Global North and South.