Author: Adolf Kloke-Lesch

The former Federal Chancellery in Bonn's government district, today the headquarters of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Umbau statt Zerfall: Entwicklungspolitik jetzt anders aufstellen

Bonn, den 20. März 2025. Die USA erschüttern in diesen Wochen die Strukturen internationaler Sicherheits- und Kooperationspolitik. Sie stellen die Beistandsverpflichtung der NATO und das Zusammenwirken mit Europa in den Vereinten Nationen in Frage. Sie überziehen ihre Partner mit Zöllen. Sie verabschieden sich aus Vereinbarungen wie dem Pariser Klimaabkommen und der 2030 Agenda für nachhaltige…

Image of the Square in Seville, “4th International Conference on Financing for Development 30 June–3 July 2025 Seville, Spain”

How Seville Can Sow the Seeds for a New Spring: Financing (Sustainable) Development Must Turn Universal!

These are not easy times to think about reforming or even rebuilding the international cooperation architecture to meet the challenges facing humanity. When international law is bluntly disregarded, multilateral institutions get openly attacked and institutions for global solidarity are dismantled, it is only natural to defend what has been achieved as far as possible and,…

Change or Crumble! Germany Needs to Reposition its International Cooperation

Image: Tracks going to the horizon

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As Angela Merkel’s 16 years at the helm of the German government come to a close, Germany’s international cooperation for sustainable development seems, at first sight, to be in good shape. During her tenure, German official development assistance (ODA) more than tripled, reaching $28 billion in 2020 and putting Germany second only to the United States ($34 billion) and well ahead of the United Kingdom ($19 billion) and the EU Institutions ($17 billion).