Kommunalwahlen beenden 12 Jahre Auszeit der Demokratie im herzegowinischen Mostar

Hoffnung für die sechstgrößte Stadt in Bosnien und Herzegowina

Am 15. November konnten die Menschen in den Städten und Gemeinden in Bosnien und Herzegowina ihr demokratisches Wahlrecht wahrnehmen. Nicht jedoch in der bekannten Stadt Mostar. Dies war jedoch kein neues Ereignis, da die Bürger der größten Stadt der Herzegowina seit 2008 keine Gelegenheit mehr hatten, über ihre lokalen Vertreter abzustimmen. Aufgrund von Meinungsverschiedenheiten zwischen den größten Parteien in Mostar, HDZ BiH und SDA, konnte keine Wahlvereinbarung getroffen werden. Dieses Problem verwehrte den Bürgern von Mostar das Praktizieren ihrer vollen demokratischen Rechte für 12 Jahre. Am 20. Dezember 2020 fanden nun endlich Kommunalwahlen statt. Gerichtsurteile und der Druck der internationalen Gemeinschaft ermöglichten das Ende der Auszeit der Demokratie in Mostar.

Prävention von religiösem Extremismus

Einfluss der djihadistischen Literatur

Dieses Heft des CHEDS analysiert den Einfluss der djihadistischen Literatur auf den religiösen Extremismus in Westafrika und zeigt Lösungswege auf.

COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS IN SELECTED EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES

This book brings together critical accounts of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic and State responses to it have impacted on selected socio-economic rights. The book offers recommendations on how socio-economic rights can best be made accessible to all, especially the vulnerable in society. The book argues that, now more than ever, government policies must prioritise the implementation of socio-economic rights to safeguard the dignity of all persons and to protect global human security.

Reactions from Belarus to the third EU sanctions package against the Lukashenka regime

On December 17, the EU published the list of the third package of sanctions against the regime in Belarus.

The Future of Work for the Asian Youth

Country Profile: Indonesia

This country profile is meant to give readers an understanding about the future of work in Indonesia. The first part will provide information about Indonesian young people, looking through the demographic, education and employment trends. The second part will analyze future of work opportunities and challenges for Indonesian young people. The last part will be policy responses and recommendations to further support young people in transitioning to their work in the future.

Sofia DocuMental

The focus of the festival is human rights, with this first special online edition focusing especially on the freedom of speech and freedom of expression. There are a total of 15 titles from 15 countries.

Ukrainian Frontier: Challenges for Tavria

Research Materials

Проєкт «Український фронтир: виклики для Таврії», реалізований ГО «Центр міжнародної безпеки» (ЦМБ) за підтримки Фонду Конрада Аденауера в Україні у партнерстві з Міністерством у справах ветеранів України, продовжує розпочату у 2019 році роботу по вивченню проблем прикордонних областей України на рівні районів і окремих громад. Цього разу предметом дослідження стали дві південні області – Херсонська та Запорізька, історично цей регіон звався Таврією.

Digital sovereignty for growth, rules and cooperation

Fostering Europe’s Strategic Autonomy

This paper is part of the joint EPC-KAS project on “Fostering Europe’s strategic autonomy: priorities for action” that runs throughout 2020 and aims to outline a concrete agenda to strengthen Europe’s role in the world and its sovereignty. In an increasingly competitive and volatile international environment, Europe needs a stronger power base to uphold its values and interests, confront challenges, engage with partners, and support rules-based cooperation. To attain these goals, the European Union needs to become a more strategic and autonomous actor on the global stage. Pursuing strategic autonomy is ultimately about empowering Europeans to take and implement decisions to advance their priorities in cooperation with others, where possible, and on their own, if needed. This is essential to reinforce European sovereignty – Europe’s ability to shape its future. Progress towards strategic autonomy requires concerted action across various domains, including Europe’s economic power base, technology and innovation and security and defence. This project encompasses activities targeting each of these areas, with a view to defining priorities for action for Europe in a challenging global context.

"Serie Fronteras en Alerta"

Lanzamiento de publicaciones

Lanzamiento virtual de las dos entregas de la publicación "Fronteras en Alerta":

Digitalisation, Trade, and Geopolitics in Asia

The papers in this volume “Digitalisation, Trade, and Geopolitics in Asia”, published by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s (KAS) regional program, Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS), investigates how digitalisation is changing our understanding of trade and the international economy. It assesses the impact of digitalization to production, consumption, and trading patterns as well as national and multilateral regulatory frameworks (including those agreed in regional free trade agreements). It also looks at the evolving roles and configurations of economic actors (e.g. WTO, multinational corporations, digital platforms) and provides a discussion on the issues involving e-commerce and new technologies (i.e., block chain).