Coping with COVID-19: International Perspectives

Seventh session: Colombia

Fear, uncertainty, changes, disruption… These are the best words to describe today’s picture of the world. The Coronavirus has not left any country untouched and has already affected the lives of millions of people. Lockdown or open borders, quarantine or free movement, #stayathome or #donotpanic, indifference or calmness, anxiety or discretion, exaggeration or cautiousness? What is currently happening around the world? What strategies are the national governments adhering to? What is the public attitude towards the present situation? In this series of online discussions, we will explore these questions with the country office directors of KAS as well as discuss the pandemic’s future implications on the economic, political and social life in their countries.

Coping with COVID-19: International Perspectives

Sixth session: South Africa

Fear, uncertainty, changes, disruption… These are the best words to describe today’s picture of the world. The Coronavirus has not left any country untouched and has already affected the lives of millions of people. Lockdown or open borders, quarantine or free movement, #stayathome or #donotpanic, indifference or calmness, anxiety or discretion, exaggeration or cautiousness? What is currently happening around the world? What strategies are the national governments adhering to? What is the public attitude towards the present situation? In this series of online discussions, we will explore these questions with the country office directors of KAS as well as discuss the pandemic’s future implications on the economic, political and social life in their countries.

The World HandCOV’d: China - Strategic dilemmas facing China in the post-corona world

Virtual panel discussion

The pandemic disruption is not likely to change our world altogether, but it will clearly have profound geopolitical implications, including for international security. In order to understand those possible implications, the Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations and KAS Belarus are continuing a series of virtual panels that will zoom in on strategic dilemmas facing key pillars of international security in the post-corona world.

Экономика и COVID: Анализы и прогнозы

Серия онлайн-семинаров

COVID-19 стал серьезным вызовом для экономики и бизнеса. Чем грозит пандемия мировой экономике, и что это значит для Беларуси? Бизнес-школа ИПМ и Представительство по Беларуси Фонда им. Конрада Аденаўэра приглашают вас разобраться в этом вопросе совместно с экспертами белорусского Центра экономических исследований BEROC.

Coping with COVID - International Perspectives (Singapore)

Expert: Christian Echle Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Political Dialogue Asia/Singapore

Weekly online discussions with Country Office Directors of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

The World HandCOV’d: Russia - Strategic dilemmas facing Russia in the post-corona world

The pandemic disruption is not likely to change our world altogether, but it will clearly have profound geopolitical implications, including for international security. In order to understand those possible implications, the Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations and KAS Belarus are continuing a series of virtual panels that will zoom in on strategic dilemmas facing key pillars of international security in the post-corona world.

A HandCOV’d World: USA - Strategic dilemmas facing the United States in the post-corona world

The pandemic disruption is not likely to change our world altogether, but it will clearly have profound geopolitical implications, including for international security. In order to understand those possible implications, the Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations and KAS Belarus are launching a series of virtual panels that will zoom in on strategic dilemmas facing key pillars of international security in the post-corona world.

The World HandCOV’d: Assessing longer-term implications of the pandemic disruption for int. security

The project will evaluate the challenges and choices the identified pillars are facing and assess their combined implications for Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security

The pandemic of the new coronavirus is on everyone’s mind. Besides the conspicuous immediate implications for our personal lives the unprecedented events unfolding in front of us seem to have historical magnitude. Even though most analysts agree that the global outbreak of the coronavirus, as a virological phenomenon, is in itself hardly a game-changer for world affairs, it looks increasingly likely that the repercussions of the reactions by governments around the globe will have a significant impact on the international system beyond the pandemic. Among the multitude of ongoing transformations, some will accelerate while others might slow down, take a halt or change direction. But since hardly any of them are likely to remain completely unaffected, it is fair to say that international politics as a whole have fallen captive to COVID-19.

EHU and KAS Animation Project Contest “Why Europe is not complete without Belarus”

Сompetition for students from Belarus for animation project ideas

On the occasion of the upcoming Presidency of Germany in the Council of the European Union, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Belarus Country Office (KAS-Belarus) and the European Humanities University (EHU) are glad to announce a competition for students from Belarus for animation project ideas on the topic “Why Europe is not complete without Belarus”.

Coping with COVID - International Perspectives (Israel)

Third session: Israel

On May 22nd at 11 AM (Minsk/Vilnius time, GMT+3), we will be joined by Dr. Alexander Brakel (Director, KAS Israel) to speak about the situation with the coronavirus in Israel.