Looking in All Directions

NATO Mission Iraq and the Alliance’s Role on Its Southern Flank

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, NATO is once again focusing its attention on classic alliance defence on the eastern flank. While this shift is right, NATO should not lose sight of other threats. Above all, this applies to fragile states on the alliance’s southern periphery. With its advisory mission in Iraq, NATO is looking for ways to stabilise the region with a moderate use of resources – and to define the role the alliance itself wishes to play overall in the southern neighbourhood in the future.

NATO

More than (just) the North Atlantic

NATO was founded on April 4, 1949, by twelve countries from Europe and North America.
Since then, 20 additional countries have joined NATO in various rounds of enlargement.

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.

30 Jahre KAS in Bulgarien

Am 28.03.2024 feierte die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung ihr 30-jähriges Bestehen in Bulgarien. Bei der Veranstaltung wurde die bulgarische Übersetzung des Buches „Notizen zu Adenauer“ von Hans-Peter Schwarz, dem besten Kenner der Biographie des ersten deutschen Bundeskanzlers nach 1949 und Namensgeber unserer Stiftung, vorgestellt. An der Veranstaltung nahmen Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, Stellv. Generalsekretär der KAS und Leiter der Abteilung Europäische und Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Maria Gabriel, Bojko Borissow und Norbert Beckmann-Dierkes, Leiter der Stiftung in Bulgarien als Referenten teil. Gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern und Freunden in Bulgarien arbeiten wir an der Vertiefung der EU- und NATO-Integration des Landes, an demokratischen Werten und Rechtsstaatlichkeit, an denen wir uns in unserer Arbeit orientieren. In den letzten 30 Jahren hat Bulgarien in allen Bereichen bedeutende Fortschritte gemacht, und die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung hat diese positive Entwicklung nach Kräften unterstützt.

Alte und neue algerische Alumni der KAS treffen sich zu in einem geselligen Ramadan-Abend

Im Zeichen des Teilens, der Zusammenarbeit und des Engagements für ein prosperierendes Algerien.

In einem von Geselligkeit und Offenheit geprägten Rahmen kamen die algerischen Alumni der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung während des heiligen Monats Ramadan zu einem besonderen Iftar zusammen. Ein besonderer Iftar, denn traditionell gehört der Iftar im Kreis der Familie zum festen Bestandteil des Ramadan.

Enhancing Pacific Ecosystems for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Roundtable Policy Dialogue

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Australia) was pleased to support the Griffith Asia Institute’s Roundtable Policy Dialogue on “Enhancing Pacific Ecosystems for Entrepreneurship and Innovation” held on 26/27 March 2024 in Brisbane.

Best Practice Publication

“Great Lakes Youth Network for Dialogue and Peace. Our Diversity - our opportunity”

This “best-practice publication” is part of the EU-funded project “Great Lakes Network for Dialogues and Peace - Our Diversity - Our Opportunity!”. The publication shall act like a platform on which voices from inside of the action are demonstrated. Voices from stakeholders involved in the action are shown in chapter 1. Best-practice cases from the action and recommendations for future actions outlined in chapter 2. Participating youth initiatives were asked to write down their own subjective success stories, a collection of these success stories can be found in chapter 3. Finally, a list of participating youth initiatives can be seen in chapter 4.

New president with an absolute majority

Senegal has great expectations of Bassirou Diomaye Faye

Senegal has elected a new president: Political newcomer Bassirou Diomaye Faye will be the country's youngest president to date. He was the strong favourite in this election and, according to provisional figures, won 57% of the votes. This election result represents a dream come true for the young Senegalese. A man of the people, without the potentially burdensome vita of an experienced politician, has now been entrusted with the fate of the country for the next five years. Faye's programme stands for a replacement of the establishment, more opportunities for young people and social and economic inclusion. After the election, the vision will now meet political reality.

Official and Black Market Exchange Rates in Syria, by Karam Shaar

An online interactive tool for tracking exchange rates in Syria

Appropriate research and policy tools are required to track Syria’s monetary policy and assess the diversion of aid by the Assad regime through the imposition of unfair exchange rates on donors through the UN.

Two years later: Why are Sputnik and RT still accessible within the EU?

Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022, the European Union adopted 13 sanction packages against Russia. Five of them include restrictions on media outlets which are under the direct or indirect control of the Russian Federation carrying out pro-Kremlin propaganda – among them also RT and Sputnik.