New Alliances - New Strength? Germany and the Global South
Although the global community has long known that it must solve crises together, there is a risk that the Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved. Germany is therefore seeking partnerships in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Politician Niels Annen and analyst Amaka Anku discuss the goals and successes of this strategy.
Whether it's more justice, affordable and clean energy or the fight against hunger, the 17 sustainability goals agreed by the international community in 2015 are still far from being achieved. As a leading industrialised country, Germany stresses its particular responsibility in achieving these goals. And since the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the German government has been trying to strategically expand its relations with the countries of the Global South.
How can Germany work with other middle powers in Africa, Latin America and Asia to advance the Sustainable Development Goals? How can developing and emerging countries be better integrated into the global economy, and what role does Germany play in this?
To conclude the first Hamburg Sustainability Conference, we will be discussing these questions with Niels Annen, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Amaka Anku, Head of the Africa Portfolio at Eurasia Group.
The event will be moderated by Julia Ganter, Körber-Stiftung.
The event will be held in German and English with simultaneous translation.
Amaka Anku is head of Eurasia Group’s Africa practice. Her research focuses on Nigerian politics, African regional trends, and comparative global politics. Prior to Eurasia Group, she worked with various organizations across Africa. She also practiced law in the global law firm Shearman & Sterling, LLP. She grew up in Enugu, Nigeria.
Niels Annen is a politician and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. From 2018 to 2021 he was Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office. Niels Annen has been a member of the German Bundestag for Hamburg-Eimsbüttel almost continuously since 2005.
Julia Ganter is Programme Director International Affairs at Körber-Stiftung, where she is responsible for the foundation's regional focus on Asia, the annual foreign policy publication and survey "The Berlin Pulse" and the recently initiated Körber Emerging Middle Powers Initiative.
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