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Whites and democracy in South Africa— anlaysis report

by: Roger Southall

In October of 2019, Citizen Surveys conducted a series of eight, in-depth qualitative focus groups in four provinces of South Africa: the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the Free State. The research was commissioned by Professor Roger Southall, with support from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)

Summary of the Political Parties Ammendment Act 2022 and Election Timeline

Elections

The following document provides a summary of main changes brought forth in the Political Parties Ammendment Act 2022 and also provides election preparedness information and timelines.

The Faroe Islands, Foreign Policy and Security: What do Faroese People Think?

By Heini í Skorini, Faculty of History and Social Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands

What do people in the Arctic region think about foreign policy, defense and security issues that have become so topical in recent years? The growing political attention surrounding the Arctic region is manifold and relates to several different issues, for instance climate change, natural resources, new shipping routes, trade relations, rare earth materials, geopolitics and great power rivalry. However, despite the growing academic literature on great power rivalry in the Arctic region, few projects have examined the attitudes among people who actually live in the Arctic and North Atlantic territories.

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Abortan Ley de La Vida y de la Familia

Noticias semanales de Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador

Contenido disponible sólo en alemán

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Europas Zeitwende im Spiegelsaal - Die Versailler Erklärung der EU27

Informelle Tagung der Staats- und Regierungschefs in Versailles

Vom 10. – 11. März 2022 fand das informelle Treffen der Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU unter Vorsitz der französischen Ratspräsidentschaft in Versailles statt. Ursprünglich war das Treffen als Forum zur gemeinsamen Erarbeitung der wirtschaftspolitischen Prioritäten des kommenden Jahrzehnts vorgesehen. Die EU- Spitzen kamen nun zusammen, um über die militärische Invasion Russlands in die Ukraine zu sprechen. Im Fokus des Treffens stand neben dem alles dominierenden Ukraine-Krieg die Stärkung der EU-Verteidigungskapazitäten, die Verringerung der Energieabhängigkeit von Gas, Öl und Kohle aus Russland und der Aufbau einer robusteren wirtschaftlichen Basis.

Better Balance between State Authorities - a Priority for Reform in Jordan

By Mais Abdelhaleem

This policy paper explores the history of political reform in Jordan, highlighting key challenges.

Institutionalization of Political Parties in Jordan

By Almuntaser Bluwi

This policy paper discusses the significance of party institutionalization and presents policy insights and recommendations based on a pilot assessment of political parties in Jordan.

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Öl bricht Eis? – US-Regierungsvertreter sprechen mit Präsident Maduro

Das Eis scheint zumindest angetaut: Am Samstag, 5. März 2022, hielt sich eine hochrangige diplomatische Delegation der US-Regierung überraschend zu Gesprächen mit dem venezolanischen Staatspräsidenten Nicolás Maduro in Caracas auf. Maduro bewertete das Gespräch anschließend als respektvoll, freundlich und sehr diplomatisch. Die USA hatten im Februar 2019 im Zuge der Anerkennung des Oppositionellen Juan Guaidó als Interimspräsident von Venezuela die diplomatischen Beziehungen abgebrochen. Der Bedarf an Ersatz für Erdöl aus Russland scheint die USA nun zu einer Annäherung an das seit Jahren mit Sanktionen belegte Venezuela zu bewegen. Die aktuelle weltpolitische Konjunktur bietet anscheinend sowohl für die USA als auch für Venezuela konkrete Anlässe für Gespräche und mehr Pragmatismus.

Inside the Environment Policy - Política por Inteiro

Tracking and Analysis of Brazilian environmental and climate policy

"Política por Inteiro" aims to provide a reliable, recurring and comparable data base on public policy signals and propositions in the environmental area in a "friendly" format and with credible data, and that creates a common "memory" about national decisions.

Islamists’ Boycott of Local Elections: Sending Messages and Saving Face

By Suha Ma’ayeh

This article discusses the Islamists move to sit out the upcoming municipal elections and if they can afford to be politically disengaged in the long term. While the Muslim Brotherhood has already been weakened, they are trying to use the boycott to express their discontent with the political process and avoid becoming further marginalized.

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Facts and Findings

Selected contributions to the series with international relevance

The series informs in a concentrated form about important positions of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung on current topics. The individual issues present key findings and recommendations, offer brief analyses, explain the Foundation's further plans and name KAS contact persons.

 

International Reports

Journal for international issues, foreign policy and development cooperation

International Reports (IR) is the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's periodical on international politics. It offers political analyses by our experts in Berlin and from more than 100 offices across all regions of the world. Contributions by named authors do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial team.

EPP Party Barometer

The Situation of the European People's Party in the EU

The EPP Party Barometer illustrates the current situation of the EPP party family in the EU. On a non-regular basis, it provides a concise overview of current election results, polls from the member states and the composition of the party family.

Interviews

In our series "Interviews", talks and discussions are held with experts from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. on various topics.

kurzum

Concise, reduced to the essentials, but always highly topical. In our series "kurzum", our experts summarise an issue or problem on a maximum of two pages.

Country Reports

Short political reports of the KAS offices abroad

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is a political foundation. Our offices abroad are in charge of over 200 projects in more than 120 countries. The country reports offer current analyses, exclusive evaluations, background information and forecasts - provided by our international staff.

Event Reports

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, its educational institutions, centres and foreign offices, offer several thousand events on various subjects each year. We provide up to date and exclusive reports on selected conferences, events and symposia at www.kas.de. In addition to a summary of the contents, you can also find additional material such as pictures, speeches, videos or audio clips.