Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...

In my view, globalization is a process that has taken place episodically since approximately the beginning of the 16th century. Previously, there were a number of attemps at globalization, which however failed to attain the precondition of regular commercial and communicative relationships among...

In den vergangenen zehn Jahren ist die Nettomigration (Zuzüge minus Fortzüge) in Deutschland und Nordrhein-Westfalen deutlich gestiegen. Insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit der EU-Oster-weiterung und der Fluchtmigration aus Regionen, in denen gewaltsame Konflikte zum Ausbruch kamen, haben sich...