Just a day after the Members of the South-North Commission on Development were announced, on Monday, Henrik Maihack, Head of the Secretariat, met CHA Members to answer their questions on the objectives and next steps of the commission. Thanks for the open discussion!

"Organising a humanitarian conference for Sudan while at the same time deepening a partnership with a country supporting one of the conflicting parties - that's not coherence in foreign policy." Gerrit Kurtz (SWP) in a CHA Out of the Box talk last week. Watch the recording: https://ow.ly/V3fM50ZUOl3

"International law isn't something that can be weighed up in one way or another" - Sarah Meschenmoser, Ärzte ohne Grenzen (Deutschland) made it very clear in our CHA Out of the Box talk last week. Watch the recording: https://www.chaberlin.org/en/event/out-of-the-box-win-win-win-2/

Germany's new interest-driven #foreignpolicy gives rise to numerous conflicts of interest with its involvement in #humanitarian #diplomacy and #peace processes - believe 68% of the participants in the latest CHA Out of the Box talk this Wednesday. Watch the recording: https://ow.ly/1na150ZTPLJ

TODAY 1pm CEST: Join our online discussion about Germany's new #foreignpolicy navigating national interests, #peace -building, and #humanitarian principles with top representatives of the GER on Peace & Humanitarian Action, the NGO and the think tank world. [German] https://ow.ly/LwII50ZSXza

Germany's new interest-driven foreign policy: We ask Katharina Ahrendts GER on Peace & Humanitarian Action Sarah Meschenmoser Ärzte ohne Grenzen (Deutschland) and Gerrit Kurtz (SWP) if Germanys geopolitical goals and value-based policies complement or contradict each other: https://ow.ly/cG7h50ZNRlS

This week, German Bundestag will hold its first reading of the 2027 federal budget, with currently only ~1 bil € allocated for humanitarian aid. @ralfsuedhoff.bsky.social: “If Germany doesn't change course, it will be turning its back on the idea of humanitarian aid.” https://ow.ly/f0pc50ZKgf1