Roderick Kefferpütz works for Germany’s only Green-led regional government as Deputy Head of Unit for Policy and Strategy in the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg. He was previously head of office for MEP Reinhard Bütikofer, Co-Chair of the European Green Party (EGP). He holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford.
Articles
30.11.2020
Europe’s New Reality: Covid Economics, Debt and the Future of Trade
The Bruegel director speaks about Europe’s economic prospects, the recovery fund, and Europe’s ecological and digital transformation.
Read more17.06.2020
Geopolitics in Pandemic Times
As China uses the crisis to extend its influence, Europe needs ambitious policies for economic recovery if it wants to be a relevant global player.
Read more11.03.2020
Threads of Political Ecology: A Review
The Green European Journal has put together a selection mapping some of the major currents that have shaped political ecology in recent years and which continue to do so.
Read more11.03.2020
A Green Deal for a Geopolitical Age
The European Green Deal is being pursued as an economic matter. In a geopolitical world, it needs to be geopoliticised.
Read more25.10.2019
Green is the New Normal in German Politics
With the Greens polling at a record high while the traditional parties seemingly run out of road, what are the factors underpinning the recent success of political ecology in Germany?
Read more04.10.2019
Who Is the World’s Moral Superpower? A Book Review
Chinese foreign policy expert Yan Xuetong's new book opens the question of how morality as an instrument of power could reshape today's world order.
Read more16.07.2019
“Democracy is like a Sand Castle”
UCL assistant professor Brian Klaas discusses the West's role in global democratic decline and what should be done to reverse this trend.
Read more04.06.2019
Enter the Dragon: the New Global Economic Order and What It Means for Europe
The world economy has become a battleground for geopolitical hegemony. To stay in the game, the EU needs a new strategy.
Read more26.06.2018
Liberal Democracy’s War with Itself
With authoritarian populism on the rise, liberal democracy in Europe is facing an existential crisis. In this interview, Yascha Mounk, author of The People vs. Democracy, hashes out the conundrum facing democracies old and new.
Read more12.06.2018
The New Zealand Greens’ Long Road to Government
An interview with co-leader and climate minister from the New Zealand Greens on their successes in government so far and the challenges that lie ahead.
Read more17.05.2018
Representing the Brave New World of Work
As digitalisation turns the world of work upside down, Reiner Hoffmann discusses the situation of employees in the future labour market, and the role of the EU and trade unions.
Read more27.03.2018
Surviving the storm: liberal democracy in times of change
A shared republican understanding of democracy could offer a way out from the dead ends of ethnic nationalism and identity politics.
Read more21.01.2018
Car Wars: The Future of Europe’s Car Industry
The automotive industry is in store for drastic change in the next ten years as the car is practically being reinvented and Germany and China compete to develop electric car technology.
Read more11.01.2018
‘What we have achieved has to become the benchmark’ – Interview with Reinhard Bütikofer
Why the Jamaica coalitions talks with Merkel failed and where things will go from here.
Read more09.01.2018
‘Now we have to see where viable bridges can be built’ – Interview with Reinhard Bütikofer
Last November, we spoke with German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer on the Jamaica coalition talks.
Read more05.09.2017
“Social justice for all? That’s like Harry Potter on TV on a saturday night”
We talked strategy & political reality with Robert Habeck, leader of the German Greens in their strongest state result this year.
Read more13.06.2017
Selling its Future Competitiveness? Why Europe Needs to Screen Foreign Investments
Foreign investment into the EU often have political, as well as economic, motivations. Should the EU act on this?
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