For this year’s student essay competition, we have received an overwhelming number of essays from students all around the world. We are happy to announce that 33 essays were selected for publication from students of 19 different countries, 5 different continents, studying at 20 different universities. Their essays deal with Germany’s role in a country, NGO or international organization of the student’s choice.
The 3 Winners of the following Awards will be announced on the 25th of July: Best Essay Award (£100) | 2nd Best Essay Award (£50) | Best Engagement Essay Award (£50 for most read Essay).
The essay competition was organized by our editor-in-chief, Robin El Kady. He can be reached here: rek5@st-andrews.ac.uk.
Please note that English is not the first language of most students who participated in the competition.
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** This Year’s Winners **
How Germany Could Reshape the Way Europe Understands its Colonial History Through its Interactions with Namibia
Xavier Atkins (UK, University of St Andrews)
The Inheritance of Bilateral Strategic Partnership -Looking Back at the Indo-German Conspiracy
Oyeshi Ganguly (India, Jadavpur University)
Germany-NATO: A Unique Alliance
Sifat Tasfia (Bangladesh, University of Dhaka)
Germany and International Organizations
- Germany-NATO: A Unique Alliance
Sifat Tasfia (Bangladesh, University of Dhaka) - Germany’s Role in NATO: Leadership amidst complexity
Samuel LOH (Singapore, University of Oxford) - Germany Can End Corporate Tax Dodging
Noah Herfort (UK, University of St Andrews) - Germany’s Overall Role in International Organizations
Nasimuzzaman Sabbir (Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University) - Germany’s Role in UNHCR
Larissa Correa (Brazil, Pontifical University of Minas Gerais) - Exchange through Education: How Germany’s UNESCO Associated Schools Think Globally Through Acting Locally
Lara Bautista (U.S., University of St Andrews) - Germany’s Role in UNHCR: The Refugee Crisis
Júlia Almeida de Oliveira (Brazil, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais) - Germany’s Role in the G20
Ashraf Nehal (India, Delhi University)
Germany and Global Health
- Germany’s Role in the WHO
Tania Begum (UK, University of St Andrews) - Germany and the WHO: Global Public Health Leader
Oliver Walter (U.S., University of St Andrews) - Germany’s (Corona) Leadership in the EU
Marija Delova (North Macedonia, University of Skopje)
Germany and the EU
- Germany’s Importance in the EU
Sudipta Debnath (Bangladesh, University of Engineering and Technology) - From the Ruins to being The Leader: Germany’s Dynamic Role in the EU
Samihan Vinchurkar (India, Government Law College) - Taking a Look at Germany’s Current Role in the EU
Otilia Palea (Moldova / Scotland, University of St Andrews) - What Factors Enable Germany to be the Leader of the EU?
John Lavell (U.S., University of St Andrews) - Relationship Update: Brexit and Berlin, The Story of Star-Crossed States
Harris Siderfin (UK, University of St Andrews) - Germany in the European Union: a Venture into Constitutional Matters
Franciszek Latusek (Poland, UCL)
Germany and Europe
- What’s Germany’s role in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue?
Amarildo Prendi (Albania, Luigj Gurakuqi University) - Germany’s Role in Hungarian Politics
Máté Örs Kedves (Hungary, University of Glasgow) - Germany’s contemporary Role in Norway’s Energy Politics
Einar Andreassen (Norway, University of Oslo) - Germany’s ‘international attractiveness’ as a place of study: Covid-19, Germany and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
Dylan Alling (UK, University of St Andrews) - Germany’s Role in the Development of Albania
Amarildo Prendi (Albania, Luigj Gurakuqi University) - Sharing is caring: German-Dutch cooperation in the heritage sector
Aivin Gast (Netherlands, University of Oxford)
Germany and Asia
- Diplomacy in the 21st Century: A Synopsis on Germany and Bangladesh
MD Shiyan Sadik & Sakif Al Ehsan Khan (Bangladesh, University of Dhaka) - What is Germany’s Role in 21st Century India?
Parul Verma (India, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Goa) - The Inheritance of Bilateral Strategic Partnership -Looking Back at the Indo-German Conspiracy
Oyeshi Ganguly (India, Jadavpur University) - The Evaluation and Prospect of a China-Germany Partnership
Kaiyu Zeng (China, Renmin University) - A Country’s Legacy: The Relationship between Germany and the Philippines
Jey Mart A. Cuyag (Philippines, University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines) - Germany Relations with ASEAN: From the Business Partner into the Main Development Partner
Adyuta Banurasmi Balapradhana (Indonesia, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Yogyakarta).
Germany and Colonialism
- How Germany Could Reshape the Way Europe Understands its Colonial History Through its Interactions with Namibia
Xavier Atkins (UK, University of St Andrews) - Post-Colonialism: The Strong Relationship between Germany and Namibia
Moesha Nyoni (Zimbabwe)
Germany and NGOs
- How the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Assists in the Development of the Ukrainian Youth
Vitalii Naida (Ukraine, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs) - Germany’s Involvement in Zochrot (NGO): Raising Awareness of the Injustice Against Palestinians
Robert Dye (UK, University of St Andrews) - GIZ’s Actions in the Brazilian Amazon: A case study on German cooperation for sustainable development
Felipe Abdon (Brazil, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais)
The German Diplomat 