Main topics of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
The leitmotif of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation "Shaping.Democracy.Together." is supported by a thematic focus. With the three main topics Sustainability needs Innovation, Freedom needs Security and Democracy needs Participation, it is made clear which topics the Konrad Adenauer Foundation will focus on in the coming years.
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Short Takes - The EU & NATO in a Changing Arctic
Andreas Østhagen & Andreas Raspotnik on the EU and NATO in a changing Arctic environment!
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Росія є також ворогом Заходу - інтерв'ю Томаса Біррінґера для Kyiv Post
Томас Біррінґер, Директор Фонду Конрада Аденауера в Україні, у своєму інтерв’ю Kyiv Post про підтримку демократичних інституцій та роботу Фонду під час війни.
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smarterpix / AndreyPopov
Delivering Results: What Makes Governing Effective – and What Doesn’t
Impact over input – delivery units as key to better government outcomes
KI-generiert mit ChatGPT, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Breaking Free from the Polarization Trap!
Clear on substance, fair in tone: Campaign strategies between democratic polarization and populist temptations
Summary of OpenGov for Citizen
In collaboration with the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (OPDC) since 2023
IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire
The new US security strategy and its consequences for Latin America and Europe
‘America for Americans’?
IMAGO / Peter Homann
Youth protests against military service
Use school strikes against compulsory military service as a starting point for dialogue
IMAGO / Anadolu Agency
Morocco's Youth Before the 2026 Election
Between Lack of Political Participation and New Forms of Engagement
Collected Essays on the Development of Subdistrict Administrative Organizations
Decentralization and Policy Recommendations from the academic forum
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
From research to business: Innovation transfer in Germany
Status, international best practices and perspectives
smarterpix / artofphoto
What are the issues affecting young people in Germany?
High expectations often clash with a disappointing reality – Life aspirations and dreams are overshadowed by crises and concerns about the future
European Exchange gGmbH.
Ukraine Air War Monitor Vol XI
Analyses for the Protection of Ukrainian Cities and Infrastructure
alphaspirit / smarterpix
Voting motives in the 2025 federal election
Results from representative surveys on reasons for voting and important influencing factors among voters
smarterpix / digitalgenetics
Better performance – Less static: Why Germany’s federal administration needs reform
More pooling of resources – fewer federal agencies – and a “Whole-of-Government” ap-proach
The 2025 Chiang Mai Mayoral Election
Case Studies on Candidates, Campaigning, and Changes in Thailand’s Local Elections and Decentralisation
IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire
Power games at sea
When maritime law erodes: The Baltic Sea, the South China Sea and Europe's security vulnerability
Current event reports
Transatlantischer und Europäischer Zusammenhalt unter Druck: Die Bündnisfrage unter Donald Trump
Bericht vom Cadenabbia-Seminar in Kooperation mit der Deutschen Atlantischen Gesellschaft e.V.
"Wir brauchen für den Wohnungsmarkt einen Befreiungsschlag"
Stadt. Land. Wohnraum? – Der Wohnkongress für alle
Kognitive Kriegsführung als neue Kriegsform in alten Krisengebieten
Bericht von der Veranstaltung in Kassel vom 11. Oktober 2025
„Unsere Demokratie. Unsere Verantwortung.“
Tag der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 2025 – Welt in Unordnung?!
Dorfliebe – Politik persönlich nehmen
Ein Bericht über unsere Dorfliebe-Station in Mengerskirchen-Waldernbach.
Gerd Markert/KAS
‘Alone in the wilderness’ – Merkel warns of Europe's weakness at the Pöttering Symposium
Honorary symposium on the occasion of Prof. Hans-Gert Pöttering's 80th birthday
Julia Reisinger/KAS
Social Market Economy Award 2025 presented to Heike Göbel
Voice of democracy – in the sense of constructive economic policy discourse
Dorfliebe: Politik im direkten Austausch mit der Bürgerschaft
Landtagsabgeordnete Lena Arnoldt diskutiert mit Bürgerinnen und Bürgern über Dorfentwicklung, Bürokratie und regionale Anliegen
Rechtsstaatlichkeit als Sicherheitsfaktor in EU-Beitrittsländern
Eindrücke vom Frankfurter Gespräch am 18. August 2025
Edgar Nemschok/KAS
Vision Innovation: How does innovation become a catalyst for new growth?
Which course must be set today to shape the progress of tomorrow
Jan Kulke/KAS
