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We wish you a happy new year in 2026, which would have been Konrad Adenauer's 150th birthday. His credo remains our motivation: ‘We choose freedom!’

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New Issue of International Reports

America First – Again. How the World Is Dealing with Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy

What has the first year of Trump 2.0 actually brought for the different countries and regions of the world? Here is a tentative assessment.

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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Ministerpräsidentin a. D. und Bundesministerin a. D. und Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, Präsident des Deutschen Bundestages a. D. KAS/Julia Berger

General meeting elects Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as chair of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will take up her new position on 1 January 2026. At the same time, the general meeting elected her predecessor Norbert Lammert as honorary chairman.

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When All Concerns Are Trumped

The Impact of US Policy on Global Health

US withdrawal jeopardises global health programmes and research – WHO faces billion-dollar shortfall and restructuring.

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Das EU-Parlament in Brüssel während einer Sitzung IMAGO / Martin Bertrand
Between Exclusion, Co-optation and Toleration

Case Studies on How to Deal with Right-Wing Populist Parties in Europe

The study examines how various EPP parties in ten European countries deal with right-wing populist and far-right forces.

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Our mission

Nationally and internationally, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation is committed to achieving and maintaining peace, freedom and justice through political education. We promote and preserve free democracy, the social market economy, and the development and consolidation of the value consensus.
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Current publications

Präsident DONALD TRUMP empfängt den argentinischen Präsidenten JAVIER MILEI im Weißen Haus. IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire

The new US security strategy and its consequences for Latin America and Europe

‘America for Americans’?

  • Henning Suhr

  • December 22, 2025

  • Country reports

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium IMAGO / Anadolu Agency

Football as an instrument of Moroccan politics

Between the pitch and the world stage

  • Steven Höfner, Pia Salbaum

  • December 22, 2025

  • Country reports

Protest von der Gen-Z in Marokko IMAGO / Anadolu Agency

Morocco's Youth Before the 2026 Election

Between Lack of Political Participation and New Forms of Engagement

  • Steven Höfner, Matilda Giaccone, Ilias Bennoune

  • December 18, 2025

  • Country reports

Gebiete des Regenwaldes von oben, in der Mitte ein Fluss smarterpix / Curioso_Travel_Photography

COP30: Alliances, new climate finance and Brazil's balancing act in the fossil phase-out

First climate conference in the Amazon between new beginnings and disillusionment

  • Maximilian Hedrich, Anuska Soares, Nicole Linsenbold

  • December 18, 2025

  • Sustainability Monitor

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The Konrad Adenauer Foundation in 2025

Some of our highlights from the year 2025.

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New episode of "Auslandsinfo.Spotlight"

The First Year of Trump’s Second Term from the Gulf Perspective

Euphoria, disillusionment and the question of how strategic priorities are shifting between Washington and the Gulf states. Does this bring new opportunities for Europe?

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Youth protests in Kenya: On resistance, causes and their significance for Europe

In protest against new tax burdens, Kenya's Generation Z has been demonstrating since 2024—loudly, creatively, and digitally connected—for participation, transparency, and justice.

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Main topics of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

The leitmotif of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation "Shaping.Democracy.Together." is supported by a thematic focus. With the three main topics Sustainability needs Innovation, Freedom needs Security and Democracy needs Participation, it is made clear which topics the Konrad Adenauer Foundation will focus on in the coming years.

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Russian war of aggression on Ukraine

On our theme page you will find all publications, interviews and events on this topic, which are continuously updated and extended.

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Media news

On the radio

''Adenauer hat die Grundlagen für den politischen und wirtschaftlichen Wiederaufstieg gelegt''

Unser Ehrenvorsitzender Norbert Lammert hat im Interview mit dem Deutschlandfunk unter anderem über die aktuelle politische Lage, das transatlantische Verhältnis und die herausragende Leistung Konrad Adenauers gesprochen.

December 31, 2025
On the radio

"Auseinandersetzung mit Populisten ist Aufgabe für alle"

Unsere neue Vorsitzende Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer spricht im „Interview der Woche“ des ARD-Hörfunks über ihr politisches Leben und die Zeit nach der aktiven Politik, über die Herausforderungen für unsere Gesellschaft und die Arbeit der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Diese sieht sie als „Denkfabrik für bürgerliche Politik“.

December 30, 2025
In the press

"USA bleiben Machtfaktor in der Region"

Unser Nahost-Experte Thomas Volk gibt im Gastbeitrag für n-tv.de einen Ausblick auf das Jahr 2026 im Nahen Osten: Es werde „zu einem wichtigen Gradmesser dafür, ob dauerhafter Frieden und Stabilität möglich werden oder die krisengeplagte Region nicht doch erneut im Chaos versinken könnte“.

December 29, 2025
In the press

"Hohe Jugendarbeitslosigkeit führt zu Frustration und Depression"

Unser Büroleiter in Marokko, Steven Höfner, hat in der ORF-Sendung „Punkt Eins“ einen Einblick in die aktuelle Stimmung und insbesondere die Situation der jüngeren Generation im Gastgeberland des Afrika-Cups gegeben. Besonders hoch sei die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit unter diplomierten Absolventen. Für viele sei die Migration der einzige Ausweg.

December 22, 2025

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Events

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Frankfurt am Main

Rechtspopulismus in Europa: abgrenzen, einbinden oder tolerieren?

Eine Veranstaltung in Kooperation mit der Katholischen Akademie Frankfurt

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2026

Verfolgter Demokrat

Konrad Adenauer im Nationalsozialismus

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2026

Unsichere Zeiten – Zur Zukunft der Bundeswehr

Jörg Schönbohm-Rede

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Berlin

Cafe Kyiv 2026

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Topics

Jewish Life and the Fight Against anti-Semitism

Security and Defence

Christoph M. Schmidt is KAS Fellow 2025

History of Christian Democracy

European and Transatlantic Security Policy

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Application deadline: 15 January 2026

Get started with a scholarship – in studies and doctoral programmes!

We are looking for motivated, politically minded students and doctoral candidates who are committed to a tolerant, open and just society.

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