Publications

Srebrenica, 30 Years Later: Genocide Still Lives Through Denial

30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide

Srebrenica has become synonymous with one of Europe’s most heinous atrocities: the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces.

Visit by Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, to New York

As part of a dialogue program in North America, the KAS Chairman stopped in New York for discussions on the future of trans-Atlantic relations and the rules-based international order.

The Bahamas Conference on Zones of Peace in Global Waters

Conference

From 16-17 June 2025, the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) New York Office held a two-day conference on international peacebuilding efforts on global waters. The conference involved international institutions, academia and think tanks  to take stock of emerging global and local threats and identify holistic approaches to non-conflict and peacebuilding.

Multilateralism under pressure: What can and should Europe do in these fractured times?

Breakfast Briefing with the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

Despite an unprecedented number of global challenges facing the international community, the appetite for multilateral cooperation is waning amid growing polarization, nationalism, and geopolitical competition. Can Europe play a leadership role in reinvigorating the multilateral system?

Fostering Partnerships between D.C. and New York for Development Financing and Multilateralism

Workshop

On 4 June 2025, KAS New York hosted the second part of the workshop series on bridging New York and DC for strengthened development financing and multilateralism in collaboration with the KAS USA Office. This instalment discussed the importance of strengthened partnerships between the international financial institutions (IFIs) in DC and the United Nations and partners in New York, the centres of development processes and financial decision-making, to address issues of debt sustainability and accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism in West Africa: What Options Are Left?

Expert Discussion

West Africa faces a continued and worsening rise in terrorist and violent extremist activity by al-Qaeda- and Islamic State (IS)-affiliated groups, amid numerous challenges to its security and stability. As international and regional responses have thus far failed to stem the evolving threat, what can the global community do?

The Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its Wider Implications for European and Global Security

A Conversation with High Representative Christian Schmidt

On May 5th, 2025, KAS New York welcomed the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Mr. Christian Schmidt, for a high-level lunch discussion. The High Representative provided a first-hand briefing on current developments as well as pending challenges in Bosnia and Herzegovina with representatives of UN Permanent Missions, think tanks, UN officials and civil society organizations.

Artificial Intelligence: Threats, Opportunities, and Policy Frameworks for Countering VNSAs

Policy Brief

The Policy Brief "Artificial Intelligence: Threats, Opportunities, and Policy Frameworks for Countering VNSAs" was developed by the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) to examine the intersections of artificial intelligence (AI) with non-state actor, terrorist and violent extremist exploitation online and how best to frame policy to ensure safety by design.

Multilateralism: Its current challenges and way forward

International Day of Multilateralism

‘Multilateral institutions rarely die; they simply fade into irrelevance’: asserted India at an open debate of the United Nations Security Council in New York on “Effective Multilateralism through the Defense of the Principles of the UN Charter” on 24 April 2023. The evidence is plain to discern, and the reasons are compelling—even if one examines the track record of multilateralism over the past five years.

Evolving the International Financial Institutions for Global Development & Multilateralism

Workshop Series

80 years after the establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the Bretton Woods Conference, it is time to further strengthen the International Financial Institutions (IFIs). The KAS New York Office and KAS USA Office held an expert workshop on 15 April as part of a wider workshop series on the IFIs.