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Norbert Lammert zu den aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Ukraine

Die Agression Russlands ist nicht nur ein Angriff an die Ukraine, sondern auch ein Angriff auf unsere europäische und internationale Ordnung.

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Arranca el año escolar con retos

Noticias semanales de Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador

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In the Shadow of War: Lukashenka reaches for lifelong power

The Belarusian national anthem begins with the line “Belarusians are peaceful people”. For many years it had been a core promise of Minsk’s foreign policy positioning to rule out the possibility of an aggression towards any neighbors. This sentence is now even supposed to become part of the national constitution, despite Russian tanks rolling and missiles flying into Ukraine from Belarusian territory every day. After this Sunday’s referendum, which took place under circumstances which democratic forces call a “de facto military occupation by Russia”, the regime declared that a majority of Belarusians voted in favor of constitutional amendments – although pre-referendum projections suggest that the figures presented are strongly inflated (presumably more than doubled) and the necessary quorum was almost certainly not met in reality. When the amendments will come in place on March 9th, the state setup of Belarus and the country’s formal geopolitical positioning will be changed substantially – at least on paper. For Aliaksandr Lukashenka, the goal is to secure a path to unlimited rule and personal immunity and minimise the "danger" of the “opposition” ever taking over. Although in reality, many question how much control he still has left, apart from repressions. In the foreign policy realm, the country is abandoning neutrality and its non-nuclear status. Hence, the majority of people doesn’t expect any improvements in the country from the constitutional amendments. Many ask: why a new constitution if the current one isn’t being applied anyway? The democratic forces had called for an active boycott of the “illegitimate” referendum beforehand. Faced with their country being dragged into a highly unpopular war against a peaceful neighbour, thousands of Belarusians seized the opportunity to protest – for the first time in over a year.

Political System

University textbook

The textbook "Political System" is a collective and comprehensive work of prof. Savo Klimovski, PhD, prof. Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, PhD, prof. Tanja Karakamisheva-Jovanovska, PhD, and prof. Aleksandar Spasenovski, PhD, from the Department of Constitutional Law and Political System at the Faculty of Law "Iustinianus Primus" at the University "St. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje.

European Union

Zäsur in Europa – Putins Krieg

Sondergipfel am 24. Februar 2022

Eilig rief der Präsident des Europäischen Rates, Charles Michel, einen Sonderratsgipfel für Donnerstag, den 24.02.22 ein. Grund hierfür war die militärische Invasion Russlands in die Ukraine. Weltweit wurde der gezielte operative Angriff scharf verurteilt. Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen sprach von einem Krieg in Europa. Die europäische Sicherheitsarchitektur steht vor einer Neuordnung. Mit ihren Schlussfolgerungen zum Sondergipfel bewiesen die Ratsmitglieder große Einigkeit in einer ihnen bis dato unbekannten Krisensituation.

Analysis of public opinion on North Macedonia`s accession to the European Union (2014-2021)

Konrad Adenauer Foundation in cooperation with the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis from Skopje promoted the Public Opinion Analysis Paper “Analysis of the public opinion about the North Macedonia’s accession to the European Union (2014–2021)” by the author Ivan Damjanovski.

From a poster to a foster child. Public opinion analysis on North Macedonia’s EU accession process

Konrad Adenauer Foundation in cooperation with the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis from Skopje promoted the Public Opinion Analysis Paper “From a poster to a foster child. 2021 public opinion analysis on North Macedonia’s EU accession process” by the authors Ivan Nikolovski and Marie Jelenka Kirchner.

Norbert Lammert zu den aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Ukraine

Bestürzt und empört verfolgen wir in der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung wie viele andere die Ereignisse in der Ukraine, und unsere Gedanken sind in diesen schweren Stunden bei den Menschen vor Ort. Die Aggression Russlands ist nicht nur ein Angriff auf die Ukraine, sondern auch ein Angriff auf unsere europäische und internationale Ordnung; nicht zuletzt stellt sie unsere Arbeit in Russland und der gesamten Region infrage. Es herrscht nun wieder Krieg in Europa – zu viele Verantwortliche in Politik und Gesellschaft haben zu lange die Erfahrungen des 20. Jahrhunderts mit autoritären Systemen verdrängt und die Realitäten durch Wunschdenken ersetzen wollen.

The Geopolitics of Climate and Security in the Indo-Pacific

edited by Robert Glasser (ASPI)

KAS Australia is pleased to present “The Geopolitics of Climate and Security in the Indo-Pacific” produced by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute with KAS Australia’s support.

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Declaración de Norbert Lammert sobre los acontecimientos actuales en Ucrania

La Fundación Konrad Adenauer está siguiendo los eventos en Ucrania con consternación e indignación.

Como muchos otros, nosotros en la Fundación Konrad Adenauer estamos siguiendo los eventos en Ucrania con consternación e indignación, y nuestros pensamientos están con las personas en el lugar en estas horas difíciles. La agresión de Rusia no es solo un ataque a Ucrania, sino también un ataque a nuestro orden europeo e internacional; por último, pero no menos importante, cuestiona nuestro trabajo en Rusia y en toda la región. La guerra ahora está arrasando de nuevo en Europa: demasiados líderes en la política y la sociedad han suprimido las experiencias del siglo XX con sistemas autoritarios durante demasiado tiempo y quieren reemplazar la realidad con ilusiones.

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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.