The world is looking for Brazil

Why Europe would do well to meet Brazil on an equal footing

Brazil is preparing for the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November. Now the ninth largest economy in the world, Brazil is a key partner for Germany and Europe, is aware of this role and is acting in an emphatically self-confident manner. Relations between Brazil and Germany, as well as Europe, can look back on a long and positive history. Nevertheless, it is hard to shake off the feeling that the two sides have grown apart or become estranged. It remains to be hoped that European voices are right and that the strategic association agreement between the South American economic bloc Mercosul and the EU is not "dead" after all.

Brazil in Focus 02/2024

Legislative power needs attention / Renewable energies in Brazil

The new edition of the Brasil Em Foco series is available for free download. This, the second issue of 2024, features two articles dedicated to the topics of the legislative agenda in Brazil in 2024 and renewable energies in Brazil. The Brasil em Foco series aims to publish monthly articles analyzing the main issues on the political scene, in order to contribute to the democratic debate.

Governance - institutions, actors and strategies

Publication on the theme of governability at a strategic moment for understanding this phenomenon, five years after the first collection of texts.

In 2018, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the collective of political scientists called LEGIS-ATIVO, a project associated with the Voto Consciente Movement, were faced with a crucial question: how could the executive branch carry out its agenda under the leadership of a newly-elected president who was ranting against the basic foundations of what had been understood up to that point as governability? Moreover, how could it be understood that this phenomenon was more complex than the relations between the Planalto and the National Congress? Thus was born, at the beginning of 2019, "GOVERNABILITY - to understand Brazilian politics", a title that gained ground in academia and among political analysts. But five years on, until the dawn of 2024, Brazil has witnessed new chapters of constant "political reform", the extrapolation of the Judiciary as a central actor in the public policy agenda, different conflicts based on an Executive that is intense in its actions, new ways of understanding Governability as a phenomenon and, above all, two forces brought to the forefront in the perception of the phenomenon that once again lends its name to a work by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation: the Armed Forces and International Relations. Faced with such complexity, we present here GOVERNABILITY - Institutions, actors and strategies - with unpublished texts and a very special group of authors.

Book 'Democracy and Anti-Corruption Public Policies'

Publication brings together articles by experts who explore the contribution of the fight against corruption to the defense of democracy.

75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The 1948 Declaration formulated a claim, but it is by no means the end of the matter.

When the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, under the leadership of Eleanor Roosevelt, draft-ed the Declaration in 1947, the goal was to bridge deep divisions between liberal states and authoritarian regimes, between secular and religious countries. The result was thirty concise articles. Their adoption by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948—although not legally binding—was an astonishing histor-ical development. Since then, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has not remained free of criticism. And when it comes to human rights violations, we are often dealing with massive offenses. The implemen-tation of human rights in social and political reality therefore remains an ongoing challenge. This is currently evident in the developments in the Middle East.

Technology, Security and Rights: the uses and risks of facial recognition systems in Brazil

Organised by Eleonora Ceia and Daniel Edler

The book aims to present the current scenario of the use of facial recognition systems in Brazil in the light of law and security, as well as assessing their consequences and risks.

101 quotes by Konrad Adenauer

101 quotes from German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. 101 reflections on life, politics and society. 101 thoughts on the world and democracy.

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation is launching 101 quotes by Konrad Adenauer, introducing readers to some of the ideas of the German politician, who was Chancellor of Germany from 1949 to 1963.

CB27 10 Years

A decade of successful environmental practices and local climate action

The Report of 10 years of activities demonstrates the commitment and performance of the CB27 Forum experienced over this decade, recognizing itself and to be recognized as an arena for debate and exchange of experiences fundamental to the improvement of responsible and efficient local environmental management.

The Changing Global Order: facing the Perfect Storm

Policy Papers

The Policy Papers 2023 publication accompanies the themes of the Forte International Security Conference.

Aktuelle Herausforderungen für die Friedenssicherung

Die Publikation über Friedenssicherung wurde gemeinsam vom Auslandsbüro der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Brasilien und dem Zentrum für Internationales Recht (CEDIN) in portugiesischer Sprache herausgegeben. Prof. Dr. Amina Guerra Walter hat diese gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Carla Volpini koordiniert.