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AI is revolutionising the election campaign

AI and Elections: New dynamics of digital democracy in Germany

Opportunities and risks for our democratic order through AI in the super election year 2024.

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Political instability despite new appointment

France has a new Prime Minister

On 13 December, Emmanuel Macron appointed the leader of the Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem), a loyal ally of the Macron governments, as the new prime minister.

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Partner, competitor and systemic rival

Research nation China

Over the last two decades, the People's Republic of China has developed into a leading technology nation and is on its way to becoming a global ‘science superpower’.

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A Window of Opportunity for Syria

The fall of the Assad regime brings historic opportunities and risks for Syria. Which actors are shaping the transition and what lies ahead?

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Political Attitudes towards Climate Protection, Migration and the Welfare State

Representative results on political attitudes show how social positions on immigration, climate protection and the welfare state have changed.

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AI and Elections: New dynamics of digital democracy in Germany

Opportunities and risks for our democratic order through AI in the super election year 2024

  • Dr. Katja Muñoz, Emma Laumann

  • December 17, 2024

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Research nation China

Partner, competitor and systemic rival

  • Michael Laha

  • December 17, 2024

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Government Formation in Lithuania

New Leadership Under Challenging Circumstances

  • Oliver Morwinsky, Fausta Šimaitytė, Robert Kimmerling

  • December 16, 2024

  • Country reports

On 19 June 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa was ceremonially sworn in for a second term of office in Pretoria. IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire

South Africa's new government of national unity: progress or stagnation for the country?

An analysis of the first coalition in South Africa in almost thirty years

  • Gregor Jaecke, Dr. Christoph Wiedenroth

  • December 16, 2024

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French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou IMAGO / ABACAPRESS

France has a new Prime Minister

Political instability despite new appointment

  • Anja Czymmeck, Max Fricke, Nele Katharina Wissmann

  • December 13, 2024

  • Country reports

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The U.S. Elections and the End of Comfort for the Canadian Government

Just a few weeks before taking over the G7 presidency, the election campaign in Canada is already well underway

  • Dr. Bernd Althusmann

  • December 12, 2024

  • Country reports

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Ghana has a "new old" president

John Mahama and the NDC emerge as the clear winners of the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections

  • Anna Wasserfall

  • December 12, 2024

  • Country reports

Romanian and European flags side by side IMAGO / Russian Look

Presidential elections annulled after hybrid attack

Romania is fighting for democracy on two fronts

  • Katja Christina Plate

  • December 11, 2024

  • Country reports

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A Window of Opportunity for Syria

After more than 50 years, the rule of the Assad family is coming to an end. This is cause for celebration. But Syria faces huge challenges.

  • Michael Bauer

  • December 10, 2024

  • Country reports

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Political breakthrough on EU-Mercosur trade agreement

Founding of one of the world's largest economic areas after 25 years of negotiations

  • Sebastian Grundberger, Jonathan Neu, Dr Patricia Enssle

  • December 10, 2024

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New episode of „Auslandsinfo. Spotlight“

Epochal change in the Middle East? On the fall of the Assad regime in Syria

For decades, the Assad regime determined Syria's fate - and in the end it collapsed within days. How great is the risk that things will not change for the better?

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Faltering democracy? South Korea's crisis and its consequences

The South Korean president declares martial law and the military invades the parliament building. But what is behind the political turmoil in South Korea?

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Erststimme #102

#102 Veronika Grimm: Wie geht's wieder bergauf mit der Wirtschaft?

Wir sprechen mit Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm darüber, wie die Industrie in Deutschland wieder in Schwung kommt und wie sich Wirtschaftswachstum und Klimaschutz vereinen lassen.

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Putin's most loyal partner? North Korea and the ‘axis of turmoil’

North Korea is supporting the Russian campaign of conquest in Ukraine with its own soldiers. But how close is the North Korean-Russian partnership really?

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The end of Hezbollah? The Shia militia and the future of Lebanon

The Lebanese Hezbollah is under considerable military pressure. But how weakened is Hezbollah now? We discuss that in this podcast episode.

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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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Nahost-Experte: HTS auch für Türkei Terrororganisation

Unser Nahost-Experte Michael Bauer ordnet im Österreichischen Rundfunk die aktuellen Entwicklungen in Syrien und der Region nach dem Sturz Assads ein. Alle Nachbarländer hätten ein großes Interesse daran, dass es nicht zu einem erneuten Bürgerkrieg oder einem islamistischen Regime komme.

December 12, 2024

In the press

"Der Georgische Traum steht mit dem Rücken zur Wand"

Die Georgier streben in die EU, aber ihre Regierung will weiter mit Moskau zusammenarbeiten. Dafür schlägt sie Aufstände blutig nieder. Wie es in dem Land weitergehen könnte, erklärt unser Büroleiter in Tiflis, Stephan Malerius, bei n-tv.de.

December 11, 2024

In the press

Moskaus Kartenhaus in Afrika droht zusammenzubrechen

Der Fall des syrischen Diktators Baschar al-Assad könnte für Russlands Söldner-Operationen in Afrika das Ende bedeuten. Denn Syrien war als Standort für die Russen zentral. Unser Sahel-Experte Ulf Laessing erklärt bei t-online die Hintergründe.

December 9, 2024

On the radio

''Massive Einflussnahme von Außen''

Unsere Rumänien-Expertin Katja Plate erklärt im Deutschlandfunk, warum das dortige Verfassungsgericht die laufende Präsidentschaftswahl annulliert hat – und wie es nun weitergeht. Die rumänische Demokratie sei von Innen und Außen unter Druck.

December 9, 2024

On TV

"Georgien steuert auf veritable Verfassungskrise zu"

Trotz der Androhung harter Strafen protestieren Tausende Menschen in Georgien weiter gegen den Kurs der russlandfreundlichen Regierung. Unser Büroleiter in Tiflis, Stephan Malerius, ordnet bei n-tv die aktuellen Entwicklungen ein.

December 5, 2024

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Wachstumsaussichten 2025 und der Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland

Ludwig-Erhard-Lecture 2025 mit Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Clemens Fuest und in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik sowie mit der Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung

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