Super election year starts super boring

At the beginning of February, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will be re-elected for a further seven years in office

One of the first votes in the “super election year” of 2024 will take place in the South Caucasus: Early presidential elections are scheduled for 7 February in Azerbaijan. In early December, President Ilham Aliyev, who has been in office since 2003, surprisingly signed a decree bringing forward the vote by 14 months. There was initially no official justification for this decision, which led to intense speculation. The leading opposition parties announced that they would again boycott the ballot. Nevertheless, there are a total of seven candidates, all of whom (have to) praise the incumbent.

The Offshore Energy Potential of the Black Sea

There are security challenges in the Black Sea. What can one realistically hope for from natural gas production there?

Buchvorstellung

Bulgarien und der Kommunismus

Das Buch vereinigt relativ kurze, aber prägnante Texte über verschiedene Aspekte der kommunistischen Diktatur in Bulgarien, die von bulgarischen und deutschen Autoren verfasst worden sind und wird zweisprachig – Deutsch und Bulgarisch – veröffentlicht. Sie sind besonders gut auch für junge Leute und Schüler geeignet. Als Referenten nahmen teil an der Vorstellung der Leiter der KAS Bulgarien Norbert Beckmann-Dierkes, Marko Arndt, Leiter der KAS Bulgarien 2011-2016, in dessen Amtszeit die Texte erstellt wurden, die Hochschuldozenten Momtschil Metodiew und Ewelina Kelbetschewa, Luisa Slawkowa vom der Sofia Plattform und Uli Mählert von der Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur. Moderiert wurde die Veranstaltung von der KAS-Mitarbeiterin Maria Tschakarowa. Am Rande der Buchvorstellung wurden auch Bilder aus dem Konzentrationslager Belene von Uli Mählert von 2023 gezeigt, wobei die offizielle Eröffnung der Ausstellung mit seinen Photos tags darauf in der Stadtbibliothek Sofia erfolgte. Der vollständige deutsche Text des Buches kann weiter unten eingesehen und heruntergeladen werden.

Familienrecht :Gekreuzte Blicke auf das algerische und das deutsche Familienrecht

Am 4. Februar 2024 fand am Sitz der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Algier eine wissenschaftliche Konferenz zum Thema "Das Familienrecht aus algerischer und deutscher Perspektive" statt, die von der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) und der Fondation pour l'égalité (FPE) organisiert wurde und die Entwicklung des Familienrechts in Deutschland und Algerien beleuchtete.

Policy Paper : Algerien im Kontext internationaler Organisationen

Algerien, das flächenmäßig größte Land Afrikas, siebenmal größer als die Bundesre-publik Deutschland, mit einer Bevölkerung von fast 45 Mio. Menschen, von denen mehr als die Hälfte jünger als 20 Jahre alt sind, ist ein wichtiger regionaler Akteur und damit auch ein strategischer Partner für die Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union. Und diese Partnerschaft hat das Potential, über konkrete industrielle oder energiewirtschaft-liche Projekte hinauszugehen und geopoli-tische Aspekte der internationalen Zusamme-narbeit in den Blick zu nehmen.

Business Responsibility Towards the Environment and Human Rights in Syria

A study conducted by The Syrian Legal Development Programme in collaboration with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Lebanon Office.

This study dives deep into the overlooked role of businesses, dissecting their environmental footprint and shedding light on the urgent need for sustainable practices.

For a More Efficient Maritime Security in the Central and South Atlantic

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The geopolitical landscape, characterized by shifts in the political spectrum, plays a pivotal role in influencing global movements of goods, information, and individuals.

The citizens of Kosovo now also have the freedom to travel to the European Union

Kosovo is the last country in the Western Balkans to receive visa liberalization with the EU

At the beginning of the year, visa liberalization with the European Union came into force in Kosovo, the last country in the Western Balkans to do so. The freedom to travel, which was achieved after a long wait compared to neighboring countries, is causing much euphoria, especially among the younger generation. However, there is also concern that the freedom to travel could trigger a large wave of emigration of workers and an additional brain drain to the EU states, which would exacerbate the already existing labor shortage in certain economic sectors.

Mexico 2024

Outlook for the super election year

The global super election year 2024 will also see the largest elections in the history of the world's most populous Spanish-speaking country: In Mexico, 97.6 million eligible voters will decide on more than 20,000 mandates at all levels of government. This includes a new legislature and the office of head of state, which will be held by a woman for the first time. But the political cards are also being reshuffled in many of the 32 federal states, with governorships (cf. prime minister), state parliaments and municipal office holders across the country up for election. The heightened election temperature has been clearly noticeable since the end of last year.

Myanmar three years after the coup: where is the country heading?

A landmark year for Myanmar - new dynamics, alliances and scenarios for a "post-war state"

February 1 marks the third anniversary of the military coup (Tatmadaw) against the democratically elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. Peaceful protests in the country continue to be bloodily suppressed and the humanitarian situation is catastrophic. Refugee movements, particularly to Thailand and India, and fighting on the Chinese border are turning the conflict in Myanmar into a supra-regional risk that the ASEAN community has so far done little to counter. Armed resistance has formed in large parts with the People's Defense Force. Since October last year, this has been supported by a number of powerful, highly armed ethnic organizations in the west, north and northeast of the country. The military appears vulnerable for the first time. Debates about a "post-junta" state are gaining momentum, although the ideas of the actors involved in the struggle (democratization vs. expansion of territorial claims) could not be more different. Myanmar is facing a landmark year full of dynamics.