“Global matters is a project of the Center for Global Politics at Freie Universität Berlin. Our goal is to present ideas and reflections on important global issues. We live in an ever more complex world that is undergoing profound changes. Global issues – or matters – like environmental degradation and climate change, weakly regulated capital flows and underfunded banks, the proliferation of weapons, irregular migration flows, growing sectarian violence, apparent conflicts between democratic outcomes and minority rights, are becoming ever more important.”