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The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Announces the KAS Energy Security Fellowship
The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung is pleased to announce the first KAS Energy Security Fellowship, which is to be hosted at the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) at King's College London. The fellowship will fund a research stay of 12-months for a European Union (EU) resident research fellow starting in September 2012. For more information and to apply, please see the attached document.
State of Europe in Berlin
Europe at a crossroads
José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, urged in Berlin for comprehensive reforms within Europe.
Address by Dr Wolfgang Schäuble
Achieving Sustainable Growth: Fiscal Consolidation and Financial Market Regulation
Address by Dr Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance, in London on 17. Oktober 2011. This event was held in association with Chatham House.
A Franco-German paper
European Economic Governance
You will find attached the common letter by the German and French Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble and Christine Lagarde, on European Economic Governance to the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy.
Out of the Turmoil: A New Middle East?
Against the background of the current turmoil in the Middle East, the Global Policy Institute and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation are jointly organising a policy research project. The project seeks to identify main drivers for change and possible scenarios for future developments as well as possible strategies for Europe, in order to support democracy, increase of living standards and sustainable development in the region.
Afghanistan in Transition: Reshaping priorities for 2015 and beyond
In cooperation with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and Transparency International UK (TI UK) the Konrad Adenauer Foundation held three expert workshops on “Afghanistan in Transition” in London from November 2010 to April 2011. The results of the meetings were publically presented at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin on 13 May 2011.
Embracing the Shift of Powers
On 7 and 8 May 2011, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in cooperation with the Oxford German Forum 2011 held the “Embracing the Shift of Powers” conference at Oxford Union. The distinguished participants of the four discussion panels focused on the question of how Europe will develop in a changing global order.
Born into Crisis: The Challenge of building effective European diplomacy
On 4 May 2011, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Chatham House held the final of a series of three workshops examining the role of the European External Action Service. The workshop examined three areas: what diplomatic lessons can be learned from the first six months of the EEAS; what the expectations, choices and limitations of external cooperation and internal coordination are; and what future orientation and objectives for EU diplomacy ought to be.
First „State of Europe“ Address
Van Rompuy encourages Europe
Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, used the first „State of Europe“ address to promote a confident and strong Europe in front of an audience of 800 citizens at the historic Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
THE POPULIST CHALLENGE IN EUROPE
Am 13. Oktober 2010 kamen auf Einladung des Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), Proventus AB, Stockholm und der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Auslandsbüro Großbritannien, Experten aus verschiedenen EU Mitgliedsstaaten zusammen, um die Gründe für den Anstieg populistischer Parteien in Europa zu diskutieren. Der Workshop bildete die erste von insgesamt vier Veranstaltungen, in denen im Ergebnis Empfehlungen für den Umgang mit diesen Parteien erarbeitet werden sollen.
