Germany's soft power 2030: Scenarios for an unsettled world

Speakers:
Thorsten Benner | Co-founder and director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)
Ute Frevert | Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Peter Kettner | studied law in Passau and Nantes and earned a doctorate in criminal law
Judy Dempsey | Nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and editor in chief of the Strategic Europe blog

Given changing geopolitical relationships among major powers, what are the possible future soft power approaches for Germany relative to security concerns and economic interests?

The Zeitenwende, or epochal change, proclaimed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, has many implications for soft power – the third pillar of German foreign policy next to security and trade.

In view of a rapidly changing and uncertain geopolitical situation, researchers developed four distinct scenarios outlining different options for future Germany foreign cultural policy. To open the event, Helmut K. Anheier, Senior Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School, will present results of the project. A panel discussion will follow, and a reception will close the evening.

This event is organised jointly with ifa.

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