#Democracy

[…] The South Korean Constitutional Court has now unanimously confirmed the removal of the 12th president, Yoon Suk-yeol. This marks the end of the nearly four-month-long stress test for South Korean [...]

[…] Press Release: Despite multiple crises, support for state funding of culture remains high. Around two thirds (64%) of the respondents consider culture to be just as worthy of support as other public [...]

[…] Tracking Shifts in German Public Opinion Before the 2025 Federal Election Once again, the world’s attention turns to Germany as the country undergoes national elections. For this analysis, we examined [...]

[…] With Agenda 2063, the recent African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa focused on a plan that outlines the vision of a fully integrated, prosperous, and peaceful Africa. However, cooperation among [...]

[…] Press Release: This week, Moldovan President Maia Sandu and German entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael Otto will receive the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s 2025 Reinhard Mohn Prize. Germany's Federal [...]

[…] Press Release: During an award ceremony held today, Maia Sandu and Michael Otto were presented with the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s 2025 Reinhard Mohn Prize. At Gütersloh Theater, before an audience of [...]

[…] More than 80% of Europe’s digital technologies and infrastructures are imported, and 70% of the foundational AI models used globally originate in the United States. Meanwhile, European companies [...]

[…] After more than a year of unprecedented escalation in Myanmar’s civil war, China seeks to intervene in its war-torn neighbour to protect strategic investments. Beijing’s current push to halt rebel [...]

[…] Characterized by escalating violence, 2024 continues the alarming trend of the recent past.  While conflicts and the hardening of autocratic regimes have impeded democratic progress and transformation [...]

[…] As the War in Gaza rolled on, the world took only passing notice of another major event that took place in the Middle East this year: the suspension of parliament in Kuwait by the recently appointed [...]