Event Reports

Event Report: Konrad Adenauer at 150 – Still Leaning Westward?'

Germany’s role in transatlantic (security) relations, the past, present and future.

On 3 June, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Nordic Countries, in partnership with the Den Norske Atlanterhavskomité (The Norwegian Atlantic Council), hosted a breakfast seminar and a closed-door expert roundtable entitled 'Konrad Adenauer at 150 – Still Leaning Westward?'. Both events examined the past, present, and future of Germany’s role in transatlantic (security) relations.

Event Report: Book Launch – Who Will Defend Europe?

On 26 March, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Nordic Countries Programme hosted Jana Puglierin, one of Germany's leading foreign and security policy experts, in cooperation with the Stockholm Free World Forum. Ms Puglierin presented her latest book, Who Will Defend Europe? (German title: Wer verteidigt Europa? – Die neuen Kriegsgefahren und was wir tun müssen, um uns zu schützen), at a breakfast seminar attended by invited guests.

Event Report: Swedish-German Talk on Defence

Approaches and Insights from Stockholm and Berlin

On 26 May, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Nordic Countries, in partnership with the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation, hosted the 'Swedish-German Talk on Defence: Approaches and Insights from Stockholm and Berlin'. The seminar featured a moderated discussion between Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson and Carlo Masala, Professor of International Politics at the Bundeswehr University Munich.

Event Report: KAS Arctic Security Conference

Arctic Security in a Changing World: Partners, Pressures, and New Realities

Under the theme “Arctic Security in a Changing World: Partners, Pressures, and New Realities”, experts and researchers from across the Nordic region and Germany came together in Tromsø to discuss in multiple sessions the changing security landscape in Europe's northernmost regions.

Event Report: Icelandic – Nordic – German cooperation in challenging times

The Rise of Bilateral approaches in the North Atlantic? The EU, Integration, and the North Atlantic — Domino or Exception?

Event Report "Konrad Adenauer at 150: The Thought of Europe"

A roundtable to revisit Adenauer's enduring vision for Europe at a time when “Europe is once again standing at a decisive turning point in its destiny” (K. Adenauer, 1948).

KAS Nordics Roundtable: Evaluating the German Elections

Nordic Perspectives on the Election Results

KAS Nordics organised a roundtable discussion with Dr. Viola Neu and representatives of think tanks, political partners and German institutions in Stockholm.

Germany in Europe: the Reluctant Leader of EU Foreign Policy?

White Nights Workshop on 4 & 5 June 2015, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki.

Seminar and panel discussion, Friday 5.6.2015 at 09:00-11:00, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki

A Sustainable Arctic

Preconditions, Pitfalls and Potentials

The Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation held its third seminar on the Arctic, this time focusing on Arctic sustainability, in Bergen, Norway, 8-9 September 2014