"Political science is known as an integration science. However, its sub-disciplines and secondary disciplines are only integrated organizationally, not theoretically; because there is currently no jointly recognized political science theory. This state of affairs is considered normal, and it even seems to enable particular interdisciplinary flexibility. Without a theoretical framework, political science discourses, knowledge and learning processes are difficult to achieve. Politics is therefore far less well understood scientifically than technical and scientific objects of knowledge - a fatal deficit in a time of existential political challenges (...). In view of this, political science should reflect on its own share in global political failure and on its innovation potential: What are the intellectual, and therefore also social scientific, backgrounds to global political failure? What role does the existing theory deficit play in this and what can be learned from it?"

The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has left many people stunned: How could Putin do this? What motivated him to commit this serious violation of international law and crime against humanity? And why do dictators and populists not distance themselves from it or even support it? These questions, which at first seem complex, can be clearly analyzed using civility theory: based on dominant relationship logics and types of interaction.

The developed theory of civility has been accessible since September 2023: Felix Zachau, research associate at Civility gUG, talks about this with the author, Volker von Prittwitz

The Germans' sports-political disaster at the football World Cup in Qatar in December 2022 ultimately resulted from the fact that the DFB wanted both: 1) to participate in the World Cup with its team, 2) to publicly express its critical stance towards the host country and the awarding of the World Cup. In doing so, the association exceeded its possibilities and appeared to be a bad guy in the jointly accepted World Cup; on the other hand, the association showed itself anxiously undecided about committing to the basic principles of sport, strict equality and freedom for all athletes. In order to learn from this, sport, sports policy and general politics must be differentiated according to their respective human rights aspects - as the basis for responsible, determined sports policy.