Proceeding – Reimagine Smart City Policy Framework to Next Future

KAS Thailand, IDS and KPI organized the event “Reimagine Smart City Policy Framework to Next Future" on 21 March 2023. It was discussed that Smart Cities are not limited to technology, but require public engagement and democracy and need to address the issues of the people of Thailand. Thus, the role of local administration should be intensified and decentralization pushed.

Scholars of KAS Media Programme SEE visit the Bulgarian Council for Electronic Media in Sofia

On 2nd of May the scholars of the KAS Media Programme South East Europe visited the Bulgarian Council for Electronic Media (CEM).

Why Charles III will not also be Charles the Last for Canada

Despite Canadians' discomfort with the monarchy and their British king: for now, the crown is not replaceable

On May 2, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became the target of an unusual attack. During Question Period of the Canadian House of Commons, Rhéal Éloi Fortin, a member of the opposition Bloc Québécois (BC) from the French-speaking part of Canada, expressed his disapproval of the Prime Minister's participation in the coronation of Charles III on May 6 in London. Trudeau had therefore specially adjusted his schedule and left the concurrent party convention of his governing Liberals only after the first day, May 4, in order to arrive in Europe on time. "He could have sent someone in his place, such as a minister, but his priority is to prostrate himself before the king," Fortin shouted loudly into the chamber. By then, however, Trudeau had already left it, and his Canadian Heritage Minister had to fend off the attack. True, as a regional party, the BC has traditionally been anti-British and anti-monarchist - as early as the 18th century, France had to cede large parts of its Canadian possessions to Great Britain. But Fortin's contribution, placed specifically at the start of Coronation Week in Great Britain, tapped into a currently quite measurable antipathy throughout Canada toward the British monarchy and its still authoritative role in the country.

NEWSLETTER mai 2023, 1er

Ce Newsletter touche à l'actualité politique malienne

Ce Newsletter touche à l'actualité politique du Mali à travers les articles suivants : OPINION : « Il y a longtemps que l’on a cessé de prêter attention à des choses qui nous concernent …et pourtant… »; Système politique malien : Grand oublié des réformes politiques et institutionnelles ; PAREM : Des résultats prometteurs pour des élections sans faille

Conflict Weekly #173, 27 April 2023, Vol.4, No.17

An initiative by NIAS-IPRI and India Office of the KAS

Evacuation in Sudan, and the Chinese Ambassador's statement on the status of former Soviet republics

Paraguay's political power machine keeps on running

In the elections, the "Colorados" maintain their political dominance in the South American landlocked country

Paraguay's voters have given the clietelistic-conservative Colorado Party an outright victory. Its candidate Santiago Peña was not only newly elected to the presidency with a clear majority, but can also count on an absolute majority in both chambers of parliament in the future. While a right-wing anti-establishment candidate performed surprisingly well, the political left and also the center are the big losers of these elections. The most important challenge facing the young new head of state will be to fulfill his promise of political renewal. His closeness to the former head of state Horacio Cartés, who has been accused of corruption, is his blind spot in this regard.

Parliamentary Elections in Greece

Stability or Deadlock?

On May 21, 2023, Greece is going to elect a new Parliament. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked the President to dissolve the Vouli at the end of his 4-year term. There is a good chance that Mitsotakis will remain Prime Minister and be able to stay his course of stability, progress and growth; but opposition leader Tsipras is also trying to form a possible coalition of up to four parties. However, due to the changed electoral law and some uncertainties, a second ballot will very likely be necessary before a new government is formed.

Spotlight on Sudan May 2023

Sudan’s Generals' Rivalry and Its Transnational Dimensions

This brief examines the regional and transitional dimensions of the ongoing conflict, and the alliances siding with each of the rivalling Generals. It will also look into the current state of regional interventions and the prospective consequences of any foreign meddling in the conflict.

La santé des Tunisiens en question

La Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung et Sigma conseil ont présenté durant la deuxième édition des «Rencontres de Tunis » pour l’année 2023 et la soixante cinquième depuis 2015, un sondage d’opinion portant sur la thématique du secteur de la santé en Tunisie.

Vereidigung von Arturo Peraza als neuer Rektor der Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.

Wir feiern die Neubesetzung des Rektorats der Katholischen Universität Andrés Bello.

Fotografía El Ucabista.