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BKHS Perspectives #04_2022 | Policy Recommendations for the G7 from the Next Generation of Leaders

From Crisis Manager to Agenda Setter: Policy Recommendations for the G7 from the Next Generation of Leaders 16. Jun 2022

From:  Julia Straheim , Merle Strunk , Elisabeth Winter

The first issue of our English-language publication BKHS Perspectives collates six policy briefs with recommendations to transform the G7 from crisis manager to agenda setter in the fields of climate justice, gender mainstreaming, digital democracy, international cooperation, media performance and peace and security.

Holding the G7 presidency in 2022, Germany has a particular opportunity to set the direction for the G7 along its motto "progress towards an equitable world". To achieve this goal, international exchange, the involvement of civil society and fresh ideas are key. We therefore invited eight young people from the G7 countries and Ukraine as a guest country to Helmut Schmidt's home for the BKHS NextGen7 Summit. In a foresight exercise, we identified concrete policy goals for 2029 - the year when Germany will next hold the G7 presidency - and developed tangible policy recommendations for achieving these goals. Together with renowned think tank experts we refined the ideas even further.

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Author

Dr. Julia Strasheim

Dr Julia Strasheim is Head of International Affairs at the Berlin Police Headquarters. Until May 2024, she was Deputy Managing Director of our foundation and held the position of Programme Director for Europe and International Politics at the Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation. She is also an associate researcher at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and regularly lectures in the field of peace and conflict research. Her work focuses on peacebuilding, peace negotiations and the transformation of post-war societies in Europe and Asia.

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Merle StrunkEducation and Knowledge Transfer Officer

Merle Strunk, M.A., is a historian specialising in knowledge transfer in museums. She has been involved in exhibition and publication projects in various institutions, including the Museum der Arbeit. As a history mediator at the Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung, she works on building bridges between historical events and the present. She also works on questions of visual and public history.

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Dr Elisabeth WinterDeputy Managing Director and Programme Director Global Markets and Social Justice

Elisabeth combines economic security and geoeconomics with issues of social inclusion and international cooperation. Her research focuses on EU-U.S. trade policy and the distributional effects of international economic policy.

 

She studied in Nuremberg, Berlin, and at Indiana University, and earned her Ph.D. in International Relations from the Free University of Berlin. Her professional career has taken her to the German Marshall Fund and to various research positions at the Europa-Kolleg Hamburg, the Bertelsmann Foundation in Washington, D.C., as well as at Princeton University and Georgetown University.

 

Elisabeth teaches International Relations and U.S. Foreign Economic Policy at HTW Berlin and the Free University of Berlin.