Publications

China, Latin America, and the United States: Geopolitical Impacts and New Challenges

Latin America is a foreign policy priority for the new U.S. administration, partly due to China's growing influence in the region. We asked Dr. Karin Johnston to assess China's role in Latin America, its implications for the U.S., and the broader geopolitical consequences.

Bridging the Gender Gap

Work, Wealth, Welfare and Well-being for Women

This research publication by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS) and TalentNomics India, through Thought Arbitrage Consulting (TAC), looks at four dimensions of economic empowerment of women in the formal sector in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

KAS-Alumni-Jahresabschluss-Treffen

Netzwerktreffen

Die KAS-Altstipendiaten versammelten sich, wie in jedem Jahr, zum Jahresende

Stipendiatenseminar für den neuen Jahrgang 2024/25

Stipendiatenseminar

Ende Dezember 2024 organisierten wir ein Seminar für den neuen Stipendiatenjahrgang 2024/2025. Zu den Dozenten gehörten Stephan Raabe, Leiter des KAS-Auslandsbüros in Sarajevo, sowie die Alumni Senad Alibegović, Geschäftsführer von Kensho Communications, und Berina Tanović, Vertriebsleiterin von Viber für Südosteuropa.

The Team for “America First”

Trump Relies on Experienced Foreign Policy Experts and Loyal Ideologues

Donald Trump's second term as U.S. President is highly anticipated around the world. His announcements are expected to have a global impact: mass expulsions, territorial claims, intensified confrontation with China, and a possible withdrawal from multilateral organizations. But who are the experienced foreign policy experts and loyal ideologues the 47th US President will rely on to help implement his plans? We take a look at his closest advisors on foreign, security, and economic policy.

Rights, Representation and Reform: The Political Struggles of Persons with Disabilities in Malaysia

Country Report with a Difference: Malaysia

The report highlights the challenges faced by persons with disabilities in Malaysia’s political sphere. Despite making up 15% of the population, persons with disabilities encounter barriers such as inaccessible polling stations, a lack of braille ballots and sign language interpreters, and insufficient representation. Since 2007, only four senators with disabilities have been appointed to the 70-seat Dewan Negara. This representation (or lack thereof) remains inadequate for such a significant demographic. Although Malaysia has ratified the CRPD and enacted the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008, enforcement remains weak. The ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025 provides a framework for inclusion, but more progress is needed. As Malaysia chairs ASEAN in 2025, it must lead efforts to ensure full political inclusion for persons with disabilities. As a young and developing democracy, Malaysia has the potential to lead the region in inclusivity, demonstrating that every voice—regardless of ability—counts in building a just and equitable society.

The Turkestan Islamic Party Takes Aim at China

What’s behind the threats from Uighur Islamists in Damascus?

The escalating rhetoric of the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) highlights their ambition to expand their fight beyond Syria and target China directly. With increasing propaganda and connections to global terrorist networks, the TIP presents a growing challenge to Beijing’s security and its strategic interests, particularly in Xinjiang and along the Belt and Road Initiative.

Tor przeszkód na drodze do Krzyżowej

Dodatek do Tygodnika Powszechnego

35 rocznica Mszy Pojednania została upamiętniona w samej Krzyżowej uroczystą konferencją, a Fundacja Konrada Adenauera o tej ważnej okazji przypomniała również na łamach Tygodnika Powszechnego w dodatku, poświęconym przełomowi w Niemczech w 1989 r.

A new president for Lebanon in crisis

After more than two years of deadlock, the office of president has been filled again. The first step on a long road to state renewal?

Lebanon has a new president. With 99 out of 128 votes, Joseph Aoun, the former military commander-in-chief of the Lebanese army (LAF), was elected as the country's 14th president by the Lebanese parliament on 9 January. This was preceded by intensive international mediation efforts, diplomatic pressure and internal Lebanese debates on how and with whom the two-year-long vacancy in the presidential palace could be ended.

Aktuelle Generation von KAS-Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten

24. Stipendien-Jahrgang

Anfang Dezember haben wir den 24. Stipendien-Jahrgang ausgewählt und 12 junge, ambitionierte Menschen in unseren Adenauer-Stipendiaten-Kreis aufgenommen, der mittlerweile über 400 Alumni in Bosnien und Herzegowina umfasst. Die neue Stipendiaten-Gruppe, die im Wintersemester 2024/25 und Sommersemester 2025 von uns gefördert und mit Seminaren begleitet wird, umfasst sechs Jurastudenten, drei Politikstudenten und eine Philologin von den Universitäten Sarajevo und Banja-Luka, zwei angehende Mediziner von den Universitäten Foča und Tuzla, insgesamt acht Studentinnen und vier Studenten.