The event took place in Berlin on 18 March, jointly organised by IDOS and the Weltneuvermessung blog. The discussion focused on the impact of the Trump administration’s policies on German development cooperation and multilateral cooperation.
Around 25 representatives from politics, government bureaucracies, academia, and civil society came together for a closed-door discussion. Among those represented were federal ministries, parliamentary groups, political foundations, and think tanks. The focus of the discussion was directed at the – potentially profound – implications of the second Trump administration on German development cooperation and Germany’s multilateral cooperation.
PD Dr. Stephan Klingebiel introduced the event and moderated the first part of the meeting, which focused on impacts on the United Nations, the European Union, other bilateral donors, and actors in the Global South. As one of the substantive inputs in this segment, Dr Sebastian Haug provided an overview of the short- and long-term effects of budget cuts and the political realignment in the United States on the UN system.
The second part of the meeting – moderated by Prof. Robert Kappel – focused primarily on implications for Germany’s strategic positioning in development issues, inter-ministerial coordination on different foreign policy fields, and partnerships with actors in the Global South. Prof. Anna-Katharina Hornidge concluded by summarising the key points of the discussion.
The roundtable is part of a broader discussion at IDOS on the implications of Trump’s return to the White House, relating to topics such as China’s multilateral role, UN funding, and the policy field of development cooperation more generally.
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