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The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is a political foundation. In Germany, 16 regional offices and two conference centers offer a wide variety of civic education conferences and events. Our offices abroad are in charge of more than 200 projects in more than 120 countries. The foundation’s headquarters are situated in Sankt Augustin near Bonn and in Berlin. There, an additional conference center, namely the Academy, was opened in 1998. more...

Publications

Christian Democratic Parties in Western Europe

Status and Prospects
What challenges are christian democratic parties in europe confronted with? This publication documents parts of the conference “Future of the Christian democratic people’s parties – Experiences from Germany and its neighbour states” held by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung on 13th October 2011. more...

Annual Report 2011 | Perspectives 2012

Communication via the internet is an important, even essential, approach to helping us fulfil our mission. This has led us to take a new approach to the annual report. Last year, it was published for the first time as one bilingual report (in both English and German). This year the foundation is publishing reports by individual departments only online – the goal is to create a greater synergy through its presence on the internet. That means more room is available in the printed report for “Perspectives 2012” to highlight our focus topics, our expertise and our long-term projects. more...

After the Operations: Outlook for the NATO Summit in Chicago

The Heads of State and Government of the 28 NATO member countries will meet in Chicago on 20 and 21 May 2012. This will be the first NATO summit since November 2010 in Lisbon and the first on American soil since 1999 in Washington. In contrast to those conferences, this time no new strategic concept or similar pathfinding decisions are expected. Instead, the interim status of the present course is to be examined and announced at this implementation summit – for example, with a view toward the withdrawal from Afghanistan or setting up a missile defense shield. more...

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