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Eine „Formel 15+15“ für den EU-Beitritt des Westbalkans

Der Integrationsprozess des Weltbalkans in die EU tritt auf der Stelle. Es liegt im deutschen Interesse, ihn wieder mit Leben zu füllen und den Staaten des Westbalkans eine glaubwürdige Perspektive aufzuzeigen, die auch den Bedürfnissen der EU gerecht wird. Dafür sollte Berlin die Formel „15+15“ nutzen: Sie unterstreicht, was in den vergangenen 15 Jahren erreicht wurde, und nennt zugleich einen Zeitraum von weiteren 15 Jahren, in denen der Integrationsprozess abgeschlossen sein soll. Welche Sofort- und Langzeitmaßnahmen das erfordert, zeigt diese Analyse.

Notwendige Maßnahmen für die künftige Finanzarchitektur der Eurozone

Eine Perspektive aus Frankreich

Bei der aktuellen Diskussion um eine Reform des Euroraums fehlt es bisweilen am grundlegenden Verständnis der Position anderer Mitgliedstaaten. Nachdem bereits die Perspektive der Nicht-Euro-Länder beleuchtet wurde, soll nun der Blick auf Frankreich gerichtet werden. Das vorliegende Papier präsentiert Überlegungen zur Reform der Eurozone aus französischer Sicht, in diesem Fall formuliert von France Stratégie, einem dem französischen Premierminister zugeordneten Think Tank. Die darin geäußerten Positionen spiegeln ausschließlich die Meinung der Autoren wider.

Stabilität - Solidarität - Konditionalität

Bausteine eines Package Deals zur Reform des Euroraums

Trotz aller unternommenen Reformen ist der Euroraum noch nicht hinreichend auf „stürmische“ Zeiten vorbereitet. Bei den Bemühungen um eine nachhaltige Reform wird die Kompromisssuche durch den fehlenden Konsens zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten erschwert. Der vorliegende Beitrag formuliert aus christdemokratischer Perspektive Elemente für eine umfassende Reform der Eurozone, basierend auf einem flexiblen Zwei-Stufen-Modell, mit dem die Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion bis zum Jahre 2025 zu einer demokratisch und institutionellgestärkten Wirtschafts- und Fiskalunion fortentwickelt werden könnte.

Editorial

Will we work only a few hours a week one day because robots and algorithms do most of our work for us? How will digitalisation change our interactions, political decision-making processes, and geopolitical contexts? Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. Nevertheless, the contributions to this issue do not limit themselves to the current state of digitalisation, but venture a look into the digital future.

How to Combat the Causes of Refugee Flows

The EU-Jordan Compact in Practice

The 2016 Supporting Syria and the Region Conference in London heralded a decisive paradigm shift in European development cooperation in the midst of the Syrian refugee crisis. In the process, not only were new sources of finance mobilised, but development policy focus was also shifted to long-term strengthening of initial host country resilience. In light of the EU-Jordan Compact, this article shows the extent to which the promising approach of a Compact has proven itself in practice.

Humanity Will Not So Swiftly Replace Itself

Interjection

Terms such as artificial intelligence and machine learning have triggered a wave of expectations, full of both hopes and fears. Hopes that we are on the brink of finding solutions to the great problems of humanity are tempered by fears, most commonly that of being made redundant. A sober look at the facts.

More than Just Bitcoin

The Potential of Blockchain Technology, Using the Example of Latin America

Today, blockchain technology (BT) has already claimed a prominent position in the sphere of digitalisation. It is becoming increasingly clear that it has countless potential applications, that extend far beyond the Bitcoin digital currency. Eventually, it might even be a safe alternative to weak state institutions, particularly in emerging and developing countries.

Of Facebook Revolutions and Twitter Presidents

How Digitalisation Changes Political Decision-Making

In 2010, the internet was thought to be an instrument of global democratisation. But with the onset of the “Arab winter”, that hope has given way to severe disappointment. Now, the internet is even blamed for the increasing populism. An attempt at a sober assessment.

Of Streams of Data, Thought, and Other Things

Digitalisation, Energy Policy, and Innovation Capacity From an Asian Perspective

What influence do digitalisation processes have on the use of energy and raw materials? What innovation dynamics result from the potential, still far from exhausted, of these developments? And what influence does all this have on the geoeconomic and geopolitical interrelationships in the international system? This article addresses these questions from an Asian perspective.

Rules for Robots

Why We Need a Digital Magna Carta or the Age of Intelligent Machines

We stand at a turning point in human history, on the threshold of an unknown digital future. A powerful new technology, artificial intelligence (AI), permeates every area of our lives, largely thanks to advances in neural networks, modelled loosely on the human brain. Our societies and economies have become increasingly dependent on the use of artificial intelligence. A new set of rules is needed in order to ensure that freedom, inclusion and growth are safeguarded in the future. In other words, we need a digital Magna Carta for the age of cognitive machines.

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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.