Advancement Strategies for Women Leadership in Myanmar Politics (in Burmese)

In this report, Dr. Kerstin Duell addresses means to further mainstream gender issues in Myanmar, notably through Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB). She explains case examples of the implementation of GRB in various Asian countries, and how it may be applied to Myanmar.

Parteien zwischen Corona und Korruption

Die Mongolei vor den Parlamentswahlen

Mit seiner wiederholten Forderung, die Abstimmung aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie zu verschieben, konnte sich Staatspräsident Khaltmaa Battulga nicht durchsetzen: Die Mongolen sind aufgerufen, am 24. Juni 2020 ein neues Parlament zu wählen. Doch die Hoffnungen, dass die Wahlen einen Neustart für den von Korruption gebeutelten Binnenstaat einläuten könnten, sind größtenteils verflogen. Zugleich erschweren parteiinterne Machtkämpfe und eine neue Wahlgesetzgebung Vorhersagen über den Ausgang der Parlamentswahlen. Mit den Chancen und Herausforderungen der aussichtsreichen Parteien beschäftigt sich dieser Länderbericht.

Advancement Strategies for Women's Leadership in Myanmar Politics

In this report, Dr. Kerstin Duell addresses means to further mainstream gender issues in Myanmar, notably through Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB). She explains case examples of the implementation of GRB in various Asian countries, and how it may be applied to Myanmar.

CHINA AFTER COVID-19: NAVIGATING BETWEEN GREAT POWER RIVALRY AND INTERNATIONAL STABILITY

Contribution to the series "The World HandCOV'd"

When China marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic in October 2019, the role of the United States in the international arena had been thoroughly reshuffled by the presidency of Donald Trump. His open contempt of multilateral institutions and policies driven by narrow interests had left allies doubting if they could rely on US support in the event of a crisis. At the same time, China has become particularly active in defining its role in the world since President and Party Chairman Xi Jinping took over leadership in 2012. He shifted China’s ambitions into a higher gear by announcing that China must “take centre stage in the world.”

El acceso a la justicia en tiempos de pandemia | Justicia constitucional

White Paper - 1

La Fundación Konrad Adenauer a través de su Oficina en México y de su Programa Estado de Derecho para Latinoamérica, y el programa de Acceso a la Justicia, del Departamento de Derecho del Tecnológico de Monterrey en la Ciudad de México, convocamos a un seminario regional de análisis del acceso a la justicia en tiempos de pandemia. con miras a enriquecer el debate actual que se ha generado, impulsar modificaciones a las políticas que se implementan y, sobre todo, trazar una ruta para salvaguardar el derecho de acceso a la justicia en México.

100 Tage Lacalle Pou: Auf klarem Kurs

Entschlossenes Handeln in der Corona-Krise verschafft dem uruguayischen Präsidenten Rückenwind für seine ambitionierte Reformagenda

Ganze zwölf Tage hatte die neue bürgerliche Regierung Uruguays zur Einarbeitung, bevor sie von den ersten Corona-Fällen in den Krisenmodus gezwungen wurde. Der Kaltstart gelang jedoch. Präsident Luis Lacalle Pou erwies sich als entschlossener, pragmatischer und erfolgreicher Krisenmanager, der auch jenseits der Pandemie eigene Akzente setzen konnte. Während dies bei den meisten Uruguayern bisher gut ankommt, werden die wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Folgen der Pandemie das kleine aber institutionell stabile Land noch lange beschäftigen.

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Description of the current situation

Country Report of the Country Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina

How is Bosnia and Herzegovina dealing with the corona crisis? There was no joint fight against Covid-19. Even now, decisions are made separately - a body for the entire country has not been formed. A coordination of measures was not noticeable. Fortunately, the number of cases remained low. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 152 people died of Covid-19, almost 2,000 people have recovered, and the number of confirmed cases is under 3,000. The number of newly infected people is very low.

Local Elections in Brazil 2020

Cadernos Adenauer 2/2020

The second issue of the series Cadernos Adenauer 2020 focuses on the local elections in Brazil and the challenges they face this year. This publication consists of nine chapters that discuss some of the most important issues on the Brazilian political agenda related to the election year we are in. Topics such as the political situation at the municipal level, the principle of subsidiarity, changes in electoral legislation, campaign financing, the end of proportional coalitions, the importance of municipal elections in the political scenario in general, political renewal movements and possible scenarios for 2020 and the implications for 2022 are the topics covered in this issue.

CHINA AND COVID-19: AMID GLOBAL PRESSURES AND REGIONAL AMBITIONS

Contribution to the series "The World HandCOV'd"

The coronavirus crisis has accelerated the onset of an across-the-board, zero-sum confrontation between Washington and Beijing. This had already been preceded by the Trump administration’s trade war and open warnings surrounding Huawei’s 5G technology, the European Commission’s description of China as a “systemic rival promoting alternative models of governance”, criticism of the Chinese regime’s increasing control over Hong Kong and its treatment of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang, and regional pushback against the perceived excesses of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Western countries’ hardening line toward China in recent months has left Beijing with likely the most unfavourable international environment it has faced since the Tiananmen incident of 1989.

Corona Blog Mexiko

Monatsrückblick Mai 2020

Entgegen der Voraussagen der Regierung stiegen die Fall- und Todeszahlen im Mai exponentiell an. Das Coronavirus ist inzwischen in fast allen Kommunen Mexikos angekommen und stellt den Gesundheitssektor und die Wirtschaft vor enorme Herausforderungen. Am 31. Mai endete der Gesundheitsnotstand, doch die „Neue Normalität“ beginnt mit großen Einschränkungen.