Palastrevolution in Gabun

Ein Militärputsch als Garant für Demokratie und Rechtsstaat?

Das frankophone West- und Zentralafrika kommt nicht zur Ruhe. Nach fünf Militärputschen in den letzten drei Jahren (Mali, Tschad, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger) hat auch im bisher weitgehend stabilen Gabun das Militär Ende August 2023 die Macht übernommen. Reiht sich dieser Staatsstreich in Gabun in die jüngsten antidemokratischen Entwicklungen in Subsahara-Afrika ein oder lässt sich dieser Putsch in einem anderen Licht betrachten?

Südkorea und Vietnam

Eine umfassende strategische Partnerschaft

Ein Querschnitt der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Südkorea und Vietnam – von Wirtschaft über Sicherheitspolitik bis Kultur

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: Negotiating and Implementation Challenges for the US

As the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) negotiations intensify, significant challenges await the United States (US), both in successfully concluding an agreement that achieves US objectives, as well as ensuring successful implementation of the agreement once concluded.

“Europe in Review” September-2023 Edition

News about Current Developments on Democracy, the Rule of Law, Social Market Economy, and the Cooperation between Europe and Southeast Asia

This monthly e-newsletter is provided by the German-Southeast Asian Centre of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG) and supported by KAS Thailand. In this issue, readers will get updated about a breach in Russia’s southern defence line, BRICS’ three-day Summit, Germany’s developments in legal provisions, and other news.

EU Approach to Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: from Strategy to Practice

Phase 3: The EU’s Indo-Pacific Strategy in a New Context

Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region is crucial to implementing the international community’s global agenda. Over the years, the EU has consistently made significant contributions in the region in terms of development cooperation. The EU Council Conclusions on an EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific launched in April 2021 affirms that the EU should reinforce its strategic focus, presence and actions in the Indo-Pacific with the aim of contributing to the stability, security, prosperity and sustainable development of the region, based on the promotion of democracy, rule of law, human rights and international law. In that context, a 3-phase-research on “the EU Approach to Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: from Strategy to Practice” has been conducted by USSH Hanoi with sponsorship from KAS Vietnam. Its aim is to learn about the European Union’s approach to cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and impacts on regional countries.

Impact of regional trade agreements on the IPEF

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) seeks to establish the United States (US) as the primary rule-setter in the Asia Pacific (APAC), a position it has ceded to China in recent years. The reciprocal benefits for the APAC are not so evident. Many in the region are not keen to choose sides and as a trade pact, it compares poorly with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Expert discussion: KAS-PSR discuss findings of Public Opinion Poll No. 89

30 years after Oslo Agreement, conditions worse than before

On September 13, the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) presented the findings of the 89 joint Public Opinion Poll carried out in cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Palestine at our office in Ramallah.

Foreign Relations Survey (Wave IIII)– Summer 2023

This report summarizes the findings of the survey and compares the results with previously available data from NAMA surveys and other published studies to build time series.

Japan’s Economic Realism and Approach to Indo-Pacific Engagement, Resilience, and Rule-Setting

This paper examines Japan’s strategic priorities pertaining to the IPEF, their connection to Japan’s relationship with China and the US, and the actions being taken for successful implementation of the IPEF.

Regionale Normalisierung – Syrische Blickwinkel

Türkische und arabische Versuche, die Beziehungen zu Syrien auf eine neue Basis zu stellen, sorgen vor allem in Gebieten außerhalb der Kontrolle des Regimes für Besorgnis.

Sowohl die Arabische Liga unter saudischer Führung als auch die Türkei haben Normalisierungsprozesse mit dem syrischen Regime ausgerufen: Während die arabische Annäherung im internationalen Kontext große Aufmerksamkeit erfährt, werden aus sicherheitspolitischen Gründen in Syrien selbst die türkischen Bemühungen genauer verfolgt. Eine erste Zwischenbilanz zeigt, dass keine der beiden Initiativen bislang Fortschritte erzielen konnte, da das Assad Regime keinerlei Zugeständnisse macht. Nichtstaatliche Akteure im Norden Syriens sind dennoch besorgt. Angesichts einer sich verschärfenden Wirtschaftskrise wächst zudem die Unruhe auch in Regimegebieten.