Standardisation report - The Geopolitics of Digital Standards

China's role in Standard-Setting Organisations

The Multilateral Dialogue Geneva office of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation commissioned a study from DiploFoundation regarding the role of China in international standard-development organisations (SDOs).

Technologische Innovationen und ihre Auswirkungen auf die brasilianische Demokratie

Cadernos Adenauer 4/2021

Die neue Ausgabe der Reihe Cadernos Adenauer ist dem Thema der technologischen Innovationen gewidmet, und zwar im Hinblick auf die verschiedenen Arten von Auswirkungen, die in den Institutionen entstehen und das Verhalten der Menschen.

Transforming Industry Toward a Low-Carbon Future - a Specific View on Green Hydrogen

A report from the KAS-arranged November 2021 Nordic/German roundtables in Luleå, Sweden

The roundtable discussion about the transition to a green hydrogen economy revealed that there is still a lot to be done on the European, but also the national and regional levels, in order to make the vision of a fossil-free industry a reality.

Desempleo, pobreza y desigualdad en Costa Rica durante la pandemia por el COVID-19

Consideraciones para una recuperación resiliente

Investigación a cargo de Andrés Fernández Aráuz.

One-year Implementation of European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA)

Impacts on the Vietnamese Economy and Policy Formation

The Report "One-year Implementation of European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA): Impacts on the Vietnamese Economy and Policy Formation" was prepared by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) with the support from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Vietnam.

The Path to Success: How Women-owned Businesses Transform in the Era of Digitalization Volume 2

Case Studies from Vietnam, South Korea and Singapore

This study is the second volume of “The Path to Success: How Women-owned Businesses Transform in the Era of Digitalization”. The second volume presents case studies on Women-owned Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (WSMEs) from Vietnam, South Korea, and Singapore. This research project is a continuation of the same study conducted in 2020 by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung's (KAS) Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS) and Woomentum, focusing on the role of digitalization in helping WSMEs navigate throughout the COVID-19 crisis. The main findings of this present study are presented and structured around four pillars: 1) Access to Financing; 2) Access to Mentoring, Networking, and Skills; 3) Business Processes and Management; 4) Crisis Management (COVID-19). Notable improvements in the second volume include: (1) WSMEs' Stakeholders Map, (2) WSMEs' Digital Maturity Index, and (3) The Policy Cycle Stages.

The Seven Trends Reshaping American Politics

Many look to the United States as bellwether for international political trends. Thus we asked the experts at Echelon Insights to examine the key factors which currently and likely will influence U.S. domestic politics for the foreseeable future. This report takes a forward looking view examining the salient and less-obvious ways these factors are shaping shifts in public opinion, social trust and faith in democracy, political polarization, and how American' perceive their place in the world.

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Noticias semanales de Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador

Contenido disponible sólo en alemán

Foreign Policy Agenda for U.S.-European Relations

U.S. and European Views on Future Challenges and Priorities

Karin L. Johnston is a lecturer at the School of International Service at American University and the University of Maryland. In this paper she compares official sources and expert analyses to present a current assessment of U.S. and European views on what a transformed transatlantic foreign policy agenda would look like.

Opportunities to deepen NATO-EU cooperation

This report, originally published by The Brookings Institution and supported by the KAS Office USA in Washington D.C., analyses status, problems of and possible concepts for the NATO-EU-Cooperation. The author states: "In the face of myriad global challenges and what is needed to address them, NATO and the EU have been struggling for relevance and resources."