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Discussion

How Democracy Wins

KAS USA / IWDU Panel Discussion: The Role of Female Leadership in the Face of Rising Threats to Democratic Values

With global authoritarianism on the rise, the importance of reliable and consistent leadership is as essential as it has ever been. In national security and foreign policy, women have traditionally played a vital role in promoting democracy, human rights, and social justice.

Seminar

New Models in Local News: How AI will change the Business of Local News

Workshop hosted by KAS USA and Medill School of Journalism

With breathtaking speed, generative AI is changing how journalists produce and people consume news. One of the major questions is this: How will AI affect the business models of local media around the globe?

Seminar

Cybertrialogue – United States, Israel and Germany

KAS USA Seminar in October

Building on the June 2023 KAS Cybertrialogue in Berlin, which stressed the challenges and possibilities of democracies to protect critical infrastructure, we continue our event series in Washington, DC. Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against the Ukraine the awareness of cybersecurity needs has risen markedly and the focus on resilience has become sharper.

Live stream

Threat Perception and Deterrence after the Ukraine War

KAS USA / UVA Online Event

This online event launches a new report by the National Security Policy Center at the University of Virginia, published by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA. It sets out to create a new understanding of deterrence and risk in this era of tripolar Great Power Competition.

Discussion

One Year Inflation Reduction Act

Initial Outcomes and Impacts for US-EU Trade and Investment - KAS USA / E3G Panel Discussion

This event launched a new report by E3G, published by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA. It sets out to gather initial evidence of any impacts that the Inflation Reduction Act may have for EU-U.S. trade and cleantech investment.

Study and Information Program

KAS-AJC Exchange Seminar 2023

A Visiting Program in New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Chicago, IL

12 participants from Germany visited New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Chicago, IL for an in depth exchange with U.S. stakeholders. The annual KAS-AJC Exchange Seminar connects political and civic leaders from the U.S. and Germany to shape the relations between Israel, Germany and the U.S., to learn about Jewish life in our countries and to discuss Jewish Advocacy efforts.

Online-Seminar

KAS USA / AGI Transatlantic Trade Week 2023

The Future of "Friendshoring" and Reconciling Trade and Climate Policies

The global trading system is becoming increasingly contested as domestic, climate, and national security priorities play a larger role in U.S. and EU policymaking. In the United States, the Biden administration – with an approach that has been called "friendshoring" – is looking to reorient supply chains toward like-minded partners. In the European Union, several new policy tools reflect a more geoeconomic approach to policy making.

Study and Information Program

Media Policy and Common Political Challenges from a Transatlantic Perspective

Dialogue Program with State Lawmakers from Hesse

From April 24th to the 28th, a delegation from Hesse traveled to Chicago, IL and Washington, DC for talks with media experts, regional officials, industry stakeholders and academic experts. The state parliamentarians exchanged views with American experts on media policy and possible solutions to polarization on both sides of the Atlantic.

Study and Information Program

World Health Summit Regional Meeting

Visiting Program in Washington, DC with the Members of Bundestag Hermann Gröhe and Dr. Georg Kippels

Hermann Gröhe, Vice Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, former Federal Minister of Health and Vice Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung visited Washington, DC on the occasion of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting. He was accompanied by fellow Bundestag Member Dr. Georg Kippels, Member of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development, the Health Committee, and the Subcommittee on Global Health.

Study and Information Program

Dimensions of the Transatlantic Economy, Innovation in Higher Education and Multilateral Cooperation

Visiting program in Boston, New York and Washington, DC with Professor Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers, former federal minister and former minister president of North Rhine-Westfalia, visited the United States from February 10th to the 17th. He met with experts from academic institutions and research organizations to take an in-depth look at US education and innovation. Rüttgers, a board member of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, held talks with business representatives, high-level political stakeholders and think tank experts about the transatlantic relationship in the light of the war in Ukraine and the state of the economy. Representatives of the United Nations, IOE and ILO discussed with Dr. Rüttgers current challenges and future opportunities to drive the dialogue on both sides of the Atlantic for multilateral cooperation.

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Is America Sinking Into the Dependency Abyss?

Die amerikanische Bevölkerung rutscht zusehends in die staatliche Abhängigkeit. Der seit1962 aufgezeichnete „Dependency Index“, stieg bis zum Jahr 2008 von 22 auf 61 MillionenMenschen, die staatliche Leistungen beziehen. Hierin sind noch nicht diejenigen eingeschlossen,die beim Staat angestellt sind. Mit ihnen sind es, laut Statistik, im Jahre 2008 85Millionen Menschen der amerikanischen Bevölkerung, die ihren Lebensunterhalt vom Staatbeziehen.

Did a Lack of Consumer Protection cause the Financial Crisis?

Ein sehr umstrittenes Thema in der Debatte um die Ursachen der jüngsten Finanzkrise istder Verbraucherschutz. Es gibt Bestrebungen in den USA eine staatliche „Consumer FinanceProtection Agency“ zu gründen, die die Aufsicht über alle Themen des Finanz-Verbraucherschutzes – von Kreditkarten bis hin zur Steuerberatung – unter sich zusammenfassensoll. Allerdings wird von einigen Seiten bezweifelt, ob eine solche Behörde Krisen zukünftigverhindern kann oder ob sie die Wahrscheinlichkeit für Krisen vielleicht sogar erhöht.

Putting Politics above Markets: A Greek Tragedy

In den letzten Wochen hat Griechenlands Verschuldung von mehr als 120 Prozent des Bruttoinlandsproduktesund ein Haushaltsdefizit von 12,7 Prozent in 2009 große Diskussionen inder Euro-Zone ausgelöst. Die Frage ist nun, wie mit den Problemen Griechenlands umgegangenwerden soll und welche Folgen das für die anderen Länder haben wird.

Don’t Blame the Shorts - Why Short Sellers are always blamed for market crashes and how history is repeating itself

In der Zeit nach der Finanzkrise wurden oftdie Short Seller dafür verantwortlich gemacht,maßgebliche Schuld an den Entwicklungengehabt zu haben.Das CATO INSTITUTE lud am 11.03.2010 zueinem Buch-Forum mit Robert Sloan, demAutor des Buches „Don’t blame the Shorts:Why Short Sellers are always blamed forMarket Crashes and how History is repeatingItself”, ein. Weitere Podiumsgäste warenJames J. Angel von der McDonough Schoolof Business, Georgetown University, undFrank Hatheway, Chief Economist bei NASDAQOMX, der selbst einige Zeit als ShortSeller gearbeitet hat.

First Annual Congressional Quarterly HealthBeat Conference

Senator Harkin opened the conference by stating that the legislative mechanics for passing healthcare reform are currently the primary concerns of Congressional Democrats. He was responding to the recent criticism by opponents of the healthcare reform legislation, who have repeatedly stated that the Democrats are just trying to ram the bill through congress without taking into account the concerns of the people.

Russia and the Transatlantic Relationship

Dr Andreas Schockenhoff, Member of the German Bundestag

Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag and Coordinator of German-Russian Inter-societal Cooperation Opening statement at a discussion event hosted by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Washington February 1, 2010

Wonderful Copenhagen?

A Preview of the Upcoming Climate Change Conference

Der Fahrplan der UN-Klimakonferenz in Kopenhagen vom 7. bis 18. Dezember 2009 sieht vor, dass sich die Vertragsstaaten auf eine Nachfolgeregelung für das Kyoto-Protokoll von 1997, dessen Bestimmungen nur bis 2012 gelten, einigen. Viele Befürworter des Kyoto-Protokolls hoffen, dass die Klima-Konferenz in Kopenhagen mit einer Vereinbarung abschließt, die verbindliche Ziele zur Reduktion der Treibhausgasemissionen für die kommenden Jahrzehnte enthält. Gerade von der Obama-Administration hatte man sich entscheidende Impulse erhofft.

Burma: Outside Interests, Inside Challenges

Eine Zusammenarbeit mit der Brookings Institution mit Ex-Präsidetnschaftskandidat Wesley Clark und Teilnehmern aus Asien, Europa und den USA.

Update on the Situation of Human Rights in North Korea

Professor Muntarbhorn focused his conversation on the general state of human rights in North Korea and on recent trends, re-flected in his latest report presented before the United Nations General Assembly on October 22, 2009.Professor Muntarbhorn is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Demo-cratic People’s Republic of Ko-rea (DPRK). The role of the Special Rapporteur is to monitor and investigate human rights abuse. The Special Rapporteur reports to Geneva, to the General Assembly, and in some instances, directly to the Security Council.

African Security Challenges: An AFRICOM View

Veranstaltungsbeiträge

General William E. Ward ist seit dem 1. Oktober 2007 der erste Kommandeur desUS Africa Command. Ende September erläuterte Ward bei einer Diskussionsveranstaltungdes Atlantic Councils den Aufbau, die Aufgaben, sowie die Herausforderungen an das jüngsteRegionalkommando der US-Streitkräfte, welches momentan eine Stärke von 1.300 Mannhat, von denen ungefähr die Hälfte Zivilisten sind.