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[...] What Public Opinion Reveals About EU-UK Relations Ten years ago, Britain decided to leave the European Union. The Brexit referendum sent shockwaves across the continent. A decade later, the United Kingdom, the European Union and the wider world have all changed profoundly. Against this backdrop, the Bertelsmann Stiftung presents public opinion data collected over the past ten years. The findings reveal five key[...]

[...] The need for capital supporting solutions to environmental and social problems is high. Impact investments are well-suited to help close this investment gap and have gained increasing attention in recent years. In this context, the Bundesverband Impact Investing (BVII) surveyed German impact investors to generate insights that help embed impact investing as a standard practice in German capital markets —[...]

[...] The need for capital supporting solutions to environmental and social problems is high. Impact investments are well-suited to help close this investment gap and have gained increasing attention in recent years. In this context, the Bundesverband Impact Investing (BVII) surveyed German impact investors to generate insights that help embed impact investing as a standard practice in German capital markets —[...]

[...] The release of the U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) and National Defense Strategy (NDS) at the turn of 2026 marked a critical inflection point in transatlantic relations. Together, they provided the first official codification of the second Trump administration’s strategic priorities toward Europe. The NSS goes beyond familiar U.S. demands for increased defense spending and burden sharing, adopting, in[...]

[...] How Berlin and Kyiv Can Guide Ukraine’s Successful Accession to the EU Ukraine is not a classic EU enlargement case. It is already a security, innovation, and resources partner of the EU, and geopolitical urgency calls for a reliable European anchor. At the same time, full membership must safeguard the rule of law, internal market readiness, and the EU’s capacity to act. This policy paper argues for ‘political[...]

[...] Evidence on the Political Effects of Regional Development Policy in Germany Structural transformation is often framed as an economic and technological challenge. Yet its success may ultimately be decided at the ballot box. Drawing on unique microdata covering all federal regional development programs in Germany, this study provides the first causal evidence that regional policy can dampen political polarization,[...]

[...] Der richtige ZeitpunktKI, Social Media, Demokratie, Bildung und mehr: Die neue change Ausgabe erzählt von Übergängen, gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen unserer Zeit und von der Kunst, Entscheidungen rechtzeitig zu treffen. Der Faktor Zeit, der richtige Moment, spielt in unserem Handeln eine wichtige Rolle und kann entscheidend sein für Erfolg und Misserfolg. Litauen denkt Zukunft voraus Frühzeitig und unbeirrt[...]

[...] Analysen – Beispiele – Empfehlungen Wie lässt sich die digitale Partizipation in einer nachhaltigen Kommunalentwicklung erfolgreich gestalten? Zahlreiche Kommunen in Deutschland stellen sich bereits heute den großen Herausforderungen, die die sozialökologische Transformation beinhaltet. Immer mehr Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden bedienen sich dabei partizipativer Ansätze und beteiligen Bürger:innen ebenso[...]

[...] In Cooperation with the European Policy Centre (EPC). This Policy Brief examines the strategic challenges facing future EU–UK relations in a changing geopolitical environment and puts forward proposals for deeper cooperation in areas such as resilience, innovation, security and defence. It also explores how political developments on both sides could create new openings for more flexible and longer-term forms of[...]

[...] Legitimität und Performanz der Demokratie in Deutschland Wie stabil und widerstandsfähig ist die Demokratie in Deutschland? Das hängt entscheidend davon ab, wie sehr die demokratischen Werte und Institutionen von den Menschen geschätzt und akzeptiert – oder infrage gestellt und abgelehnt werden. Diese Fragen beantwortet die Publikation ganz konkret und zeigt Stärken sowie Schwächen der demokratischen[...]