Event Reports

Latin America’s Changing Political Landscape: What It Means for Multilateralism

Lunch Roundtable with the Stimson Center and Canadian Council of the Americas

This week’s presidential election in Brazil, alongside recent elections in Colombia, Chile, Peru and elsewhere in the region, underscored the need to look beyond individual results and consider the broader political trends reshaping Latin America and what they mean for the region’s role in the multilateral system.

Connecting Local Priorities and Global Governance: The Role of Parliamentarians in a Changing World

Parliamentarian Dialogue Program

Amid intensifying great-power competition and declining trust in multilateral institutions, strengthening the connection between national policymaking and the international system is increasingly important. This is especially true for small- and medium-sized countries, which often have the largest stake in effective multilateral institutions, international cooperation, and predictable rules.

Leveraging the New ILO Platform Economy Convention to Advance Decent Work

Implications for Business and Governments

Meaningful private-sector engagement can strengthen multilateralism when business is brought into the conversation early, substantively and as a genuine partner. The newly adopted ILO Convention No. 193 on decent work in the platform economy provides a strong example of what this kind of engagement can achieve.

Germany’s Foreign and Security Policy Today: Navigating the Polycrisis and a Fractured Transatlantic Relationship

Discussion and Reception with Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Chairwoman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)

Amid mounting challenges and geopolitical recalibration, how can—and should—Germany and Europe respond to the polycrisis and fraying transatlantic relationship? What lessons from Konrad Adenauer’s leadership can be applied to these turbulent times?

The Global Order in Transformation: How Will Europe Ensure its Own Security and Promote Stability?

Europe is facing a triple geopolitical shock: Russia's war against Ukraine, shifting U.S. priorities, and intensifying geopolitical competition. Together, these pressures are raising a fundamental question about who will provide for European security, what greater European responsibility should look like, and how Europe can contribute to stability beyond its borders.

The Situation in Afghanistan and Way Forward

Five Years After the Taliban’s Return to Power

Five years since the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan faces a deepening humanitarian and economic crisis, severe human rights restrictions, particularly against women and girls, and a political crisis due to the absence of an inclusive government. As the international community considers its engagement with Afghanistan, what has failed and what must be done? 

Humanitarian Concerns of the Maritime Security Agenda

Workshop with Member States

Civilians caught in geopolitical conflict at sea, migrants crossing some of the world's most dangerous routes, seafarers trapped in forced labor or abandoned without pay: the humanitarian side of maritime security is pressing and easy to overlook. 

Human Dependency and the Future of the Multilateral System: The Institutional Transition to the Intelligence Age

Side Event of the 2026 United Nations High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF)

As the UN80 reform and the transition toward a post-2030 agenda unfold in parallel, artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining knowledge work, the core function of the multilateral system. How can we ensure humans remain essential in each of these transformations?

Antarctica as a Model for Peace: Lessons for Global Commons in Times of Great Power Competition

Lunch Roundtable Discussion

How can lessons from Antarctica help inform the peaceful governance of global commons in an age of renewed great power competition?

Terrorist Exploitation of Armed Conflicts for Digital Content

Report Launch and Presentation

The latest report from the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) New York Office examines how terrorists and violent extremists are exploiting conflicts in Afghanistan, the Sahel, and Ukraine to develop online materials that can be used to incentivize further violence and exacerbate grievances.