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Defense industry and new technologies

Cadernos Adenauer 2/2026

The latest edition of the Cadernos Adenauer series presents a collection of articles that explore some of the key aspects of the intersection between the defense industry and new technologies, offering readers insights into how this sector is reinventing itself in the face of digital and scientific transformations, with a particular focus on the economic, social, and political impacts within the Brazilian context.

June 11, 2026
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Outlook for the 2026 elections

Cadernos Adenauer 1/2026

The first 2026 edition of Cadernos Adenauer brings together eight chapters dedicated to the key issues that will shape the Brazilian political landscape in this election year. The opening chapter offers insights into what to expect from the electoral process, highlighting trends and possible scenarios for the election. The volume then addresses recent changes in electoral legislation and their practical impacts, the tax challenges that directly influence the economy and politics, and the fight against misinformation—an issue increasingly essential to the health of democracy. The volume is rounded out by analyses of party coalitions and federations, campaign financing, and the structural obstacles facing the Brazilian economy. The edition also devotes a chapter to environmental issues, examining how this topic fits into the strategies of parties and candidates, and concludes with a reflection on the role of international politics in the domestic electoral context—offering the reader a comprehensive and multifaceted view of the factors that will shape the 2026 elections.

June 2, 2026
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COP30 in perspective: between global expectations and local actions

Cadernos Adenauer 3/2025

The theme of the third issue of the Adenauer Notebooks series is COP 30, with a set of articles that investigate some of the main topics on the sustainability agenda, including the importance of holding this COP in Brazil and possible resolutions to be taken, with an impact on both the current and future generations. Click on the link and download the publication for free.

November 18, 2025
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Big Data and democracy in Brazil

Cadernos Adenauer 2/2025

he second issue of the Adenauer Notebooks series in 2025 features ten articles dedicated to analyzing Big Data and its impact on Brazilian democracy. Click on the link to download the publication for free.

October 29, 2025
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Political Education practices

Cadernos Adenauer 1/2025

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation is dedicating the first issue of 2025 of the Cadernos Adenauer series to the theme of political education. Click on the link and download the publication for free.

July 22, 2025
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Technological innovations and democracy

Cadernos Adenauer 3/2024

Está disponível para download gratuito o novo número da série Cadernos Adenauer, que discute diversos aspectos das inovações tecnológicas e seus impactos nas democracias atuais, sob diversas perspectivas.

January 22, 2025
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G20 in Brazil

Cadernos Adenauer 2/2024

Read the new issue of the Cadernos Adenauer series, dedicated to the G0 meeting in Brazil, which will take place in November 2024.

September 25, 2024
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Municipal elections 2024

Municipal elections 2024

This issue of Cadernos Adenauer consists of eight chapters on the following topics: the Brazilian political scenario and the 2024 elections, the issue of electoral leftovers and their impact on the units of the Federation, the financing of electoral campaigns in the context of this year's elections, paradiplomacy, municipal consortia and a new public governance, the crisis of equity in the governance of digital platforms and its implications for the October ballot, the challenges of representativeness at local level, encompassing the prospects for the elections, with a focus on race and gender, the climate crisis, local elections and what can be expected from government plans in this regard, and the role of municipalities in universalizing citizen education in Brazil.

June 19, 2024
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Brazilian environmental policy: renewal and challenges

Cadernos Adenauer 3/2023

This publication brings together several articles on the subject of Brazilian environmental policy, analyzing various aspects and challenges related to what is one of the most important issues today.

January 4, 2024
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New directions in Brazilian foreign policy

Cadernos Adenauer 2/2023

The second issue of 2023 of the Cadernos Adenauer series is dedicated to the theme of changes in Brazilian foreign policy, and brings a set of analyses on some of the main topics related to the foreign agenda, in order to collaborate in the debate on its current directions.

October 10, 2023
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About this series

The Cadernos Adenauer Series (ISSN 1519-0951) focuses on issues related to the development of a democratic society. Articles are published on a variety of subjects in the fields of politics, the social situation, economics, international relations and law. Cadernos Adenauer aims to contribute to the dissemination of information and the broadening of public debate on issues of national and international importance.

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