Robert Bosch Academy
The International Order in Flux – and Germany’s Role in the Change
Russian aggression, war and conflict in the Middle East, the rise of China: Against the backdrop of concurrent developments, we asked Fellows of the Robert Bosch Academy for their insights on global power shifts. The Fellows draw on their respective backgrounds and regional expertise to give their take – including what global forces mean for Germany.
“It is a very disruptive age, and our real challenge is: How do we cope with this ongoing disruption? It is not going to end any time soon,” says Daniel Hamilton, an expert in transatlantic relations, speaking about the current global political situation. Hamilton is just one of the Fellows of the Robert Bosch Academy (RBA) we interviewed about the shifting global order, alongside Fellows and experts such as María Fernanda Espinosa, former President of the UN General Assembly, Mohammad Darawshe from Givat Haviva, Center for Shared Society in Israel, or Huang Jing, professor at the Shanghai International Studies University.
International experts add to German debate
The above all joined some 60 additional RBA fellows at the Richard von Weizsäcker Forum in Berlin. Every year, the Robert Bosch Academy organizes the forum to bring together Fellows past and present to focus on a current socio-political issue. And every year, the group of Fellows grows more diverse, the range of topics covered broader. The fellows include politicians and diplomats, academics and activists from civil society organizations, representatives of the Global South and the Western society. The growing network of Fellows has developed into a vibrant community, as repeatedly becomes clear at each Weizsäcker Forum.
This year’s forum also marked the 10th anniversary of the Robert Bosch Academy. Originally founded in 2014, the Academy seeks to bring renowned experts and decision-makers to Berlin to platform global voices in socio-political debates in Germany. Since then, the Academy has welcomed 112 Fellows from 46 different nations.
