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United by Violence, Divided by Cause?

A Comparison of Drivers of Radicalisation in Asia and Europe

From the 13th to 14th January 2020, the Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia/Singapore will host the high-profile academic conference titled “United by Violence, Divided by Cause? A Comparison of Drivers of Radicalisation in Asia and Europe” in Singapore. A group of renowned professors from various disciplines will discuss the similarities and differences of radicalisation and political violence in Asia and Europe. What are the differences between radicals and perpetrators of political violence in Europe and Asia, what do they share and what makes them violent after all? These questions are treated at the conference and the subsequent workshop.

Seminar

21st Asia - Europe Think Tank Dialogue

Responding to the Geopolitics of Connectivity: Asian and European Perspectives

The 21st Asia - Europe Think Tank Dialogue will take place on 14 and 15 October 2019 in Brussels / Belgium and discuss the topic “Responding to the Geopolitics of Connectivity: Asian and European Perspectives”.

Expert conference

4th Asia-Europe Counter-Terrorism Dialogue

Collaboration between the State and Civil Society Organizations in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism

From 17 to 19 September, 2019, the Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) will hold the 4th Asia-Europe Counter-Terrorism Dialogue. The topic of this year’s dialogue will be “Collaboration between the State and Civil Society Organizations in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism”.

Study and Information Program

Enabling Digital Innovation

Dialogue Programme

We are gathering 12 experts on digital innovation and policy from across Asia in Berlin to discuss how we can encourage innovation and how regulatory policies can create an environment conducive for digital innovation. The 5-day programme will comprise of a mix of events and meetings with government representatives and Members of Parliament as well as start ups, research institutes, and think tanks.

Workshop

The Age of Digital Interdependence

Multi-stakeholder forum on the Report of the UN Secretary General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has launched a High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation with the aim to identify good examples and propose modalities for working cooperatively across sectors, disciplines and borders to address challenges in the digital age. The report of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation makes a set of actionable recommendations in different fields of digitalisation Konrad Adenauer Stiftung has been asked by the United Nations to support the UN’s inquiry about the countries‘ perspectives on the suggestions made by the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation.

Seminar

Understanding the Impact of Digitalisation on Society

Bangladesh has become an emerging country in the world of digitalisation. With the Vision 2021 which aims to transform Bangladesh into technologically advanced nation by the year 2021, the country has seen radical digital transformations in its society.

Study and Information Program

Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians (KASYP): Final Training for the 9th Batch in Germany

Opportunities and Challenges for Europe

After completing three training modules on political party organizations and functions, local governance and development, leadership in campaigning, and implementing their political projects, 17 young politicians from 7 Asian countries will be participating in the final training module of the KASYP programme in Berlin and Thuringia, Germany from 25 – 31 August 2019.

Forum

The Age of Digital Interdependence

Multi-stakeholder forum on the Report of the UN Secretary General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung is organising a series of workshops all over the world to discuss the report of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation.

Book presentation

Trade and Economic Connectivity in the Age of Uncertanity

The global economy and trade system are not only undergoing massive shifts, but are also facing myriad of challenges. Unilateral trade polices due to rising protectionism, trade wars, weakening of financial institutions, and the depiction of trade liberalising agreements as a threat have led to rising uncertainties.

Event

KASYP 10th Year Grand Alumni Meeting

A decade of shaping young democratic leaders in Asia

This year's KASYP alumni meeting is a mixture of celebrating milestones, recognizing achievements, revisiting and reinventing the programme's raison d’etre, and strengthening camaraderie. It will include a Gala Dinner, Workshop Sessions, a Panel Discussion on the Future of Democracy in Asia in an Asian Centurty, as well as, some team building exercises. The meeting will be held this coming 08 - 10 August 2019 in Penang, Malaysia.

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Roundtable Discussion on AI Policies in Asia

with the expert delegation from the Federal Academy of Security Policy (BAKS)

On 4 March, KAS Political Dialogue Asia Program hosted a roundtable discussion “AI Policy in Asia” for the delegation from the Federal Academy of Security Policy (BAKS) from Germany. The delegation, which consists of participants from private and public sectors in Germany, had a two-weeks fieldtrip in Asia (Singapore and Seoul) as part of the expert course on digitalization and security policy.

Luncheon Discussion - German Armed Forces After “die Zeitenwende” – Challenges & Perspectives

Major General Wolf-Jürgen Stahl shared his insights on the German National Security Strategies and the latest development of global military challenges.

On March 4th 2024 the KAS Political Dialogue Asia (PDA) Program hosted Major-General Wolf-Jürgen Stahl, President of the Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), for a discussion over lunch.

Continued Partnership between KAS PDA and ISEAS

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two parties to collaborate on a range of research activities such as on Myanmar, the Philippines, and ASEAN, among others.

KAS PDA and ISEAS have been successfully collaborating in the past. It dates back to 1979 when the German organisation began supporting ISEAS' research activities with annual grants. The signing of the MoU and the continuation of common projects stands testimony to the fruitful partnership.

International Conference on Water Management in Singapore

Sustainable Water Management: Improving Water Policy and Govenance in Emerging Asia

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia co-hosted an international conference together with the Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change (KAS Recap) Hongkong on “Sustainable Water Management: Improving Water Policy and Governance in Emerging Asia” in Singapore between the 6th and 9th of December. As the impacts of poor water governance can be felt across livelihoods,  jeopardising community well being,  social cohesion, migration, national security, the topic of the conference could not have been more timely – also since COP28 concurrently recognised the role of water for the climate change agenda.

Asian Women Parliamentarian Caucus Meeting 2023

“Inclusivity & Diversity in Gender Equality in Parliaments in Asia”

In lieu of continuing the discussions on achieving Sustainable Development Goal 5 of Gender Equality, this years Asian Women Parliamentarian Caucus Meeting was held in Colombo in partnership with the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

CTeC Asia 2023

Communication | Technology | Citizenship

CTeC Asia has brought together scholars, media professionals, civil society practitioners as well as policymakers to participate in the discussion on the impact of technologies towards communication and citizen’s participation with a series of keynote speeches and panel discussions. The event was hosted in Taipei and has attracted more than 100 participants from around 16 countries. Diverse topics related to social media, e-governance, political campaigning have been discussed during the conference.

38th ASEAN Roundtable: ASEAN in a Fragmented Global Order

Das ASEAN Studies Centre des ISEAS Yusof-Ishak Institute in Singapur lud am 3. Oktober 2023 zum jährlichen ASEAN Roundtable ein. Das renommierte Institut ist langjähriger Partner des Regionalprogramms Politikdialog Asien welches den Roundtable auch dieses Jahr erneut unterstützte.

3rd Asian Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy

The 3rd Asian Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy has been successfully concluded from 14 to 20 August 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this in-person seminar, 14 young researchers, policymakers and academics from 10 different Asian countries had the opportunity to exchange their approaches and ideas on political parties and democracy in the Asian region and to present and discuss their research papers.

36th Asia-Pacific Roundtable

‘An Age of Strategic Uncertainty’

The 36th Asia-Pacific Roundtable (36APR) was convened by the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia from 8-10 August 2023. The APR, ISIS Malaysia’s flagship conference, is one of the premier strategic-security focused Track-Two forums in the region and KAS's support for the conference is part of a long-standing cooperation between ISIS Malaysia and the KAS Political Dialogue Asia Office.

KASYP Batch 13 - 3rd Training Module

Political Parties’ in Local Governance and Development

The 3rd module of the Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians (KASYP) aims to provide participants with tools and knowledge to deliver democratic and effective good governance in societies facilitated by political parties at the local level.