Roderick Kefferpütz

Roderick Kefferpütz is senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) and a freelance strategist and writer. Prior to that he worked 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.

Articles

17.08.2022
Annalena Baerbock, Robert Habeck and the Limits of Co-Leadership

Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck’s leadership of the Green Party have much to teach us about power-sharing in German politics.

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24.02.2022
Editorial: The Invasion of Ukraine is a Wake-up Call

Solidarity with the Ukrainian people in the face of foreign invasion must guide the response.

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29.11.2021
The New World Economic Order

Trade wars, sanctions, and tech blockades are signs of a world economy in the grips of tension and transformation. What underlies this change?

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29.11.2021
Forget Geopolitics, Save the Climate

Why climate change is the ultimate international security threat.

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18.11.2021
Can Greens and Liberals Usher in a New Political Era in Germany?

We examine the changing German political landscape and if the Greens and the Liberals can work together in coalition.

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26.05.2021
Belarus’s Struggle for Democracy

Pavel Latushka, a key figure in Belarus’s opposition, discusses the movement for democracy with Roderick Kefferpütz.

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21.04.2021
Europe and India in the Asian Century

From their democratic traditions to shared interests in technological development, Europe and India have much in common and to gain from cooperation.

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12.03.2021
Germany’s Year of Elections: Has the Pandemic Scuppered the Green Rise?

With three candidates in the running for the chancellery, the electoral race is still open and polls could begin to shift as lockdowns are lifted.

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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.

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17.06.2020
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.

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11.03.2020
Threads of Political Ecology: A Review

A selection mapping some of the major currents that have shaped political ecology in recent years and which continue to do so.

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11.03.2020
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.

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25.10.2019
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?

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04.10.2019
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.

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16.07.2019
“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.

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04.06.2019
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.

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26.06.2018
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.

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12.06.2018
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.

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17.05.2018
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.

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27.03.2018
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.

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21.01.2018
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.

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11.01.2018
‘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.

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09.01.2018
‘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.

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05.09.2017
“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.

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13.06.2017
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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