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Energy Transition and Food Security

Energy supplies and energy shortage have become a global issue since the Ukraine Russia war. However, for South Asia, energy supplies have been an issue even before the war. In December 2022 we invited Mr. Mujtaba Khan, CEO Reon Energy Pakistan, and Mr. Navam Niles, Research Consultant, Centre of Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka, for an online web talk titled “Impact of the Ukraine-Russia War on Energy Transition and Food Security in Debt Ridden South Asian Nations“.

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Policy Paper

A Decade of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

This brief by Edmund Bon Tai Soon and Umavathni Vathanaganthan traces the development of human rights institutions in Southeast Asia and shows how limited the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration´s impact has been

migration
MIGRATION
Odilia Abreu

Lebanon on the EU Migration Roadmap

The journalistic report “Migration Policy Group: Lebanon on the EU Migration Roadmap” was produced by the journalist Mónica Uriel, in the framework of the Migration visiting program to Lebanon organized by the FNF Madrid office with the support of the FNF Lebanon and Syria office. The FNF Madrid Policy Group composed by liberal policy makers and experts from across Europe, North and West Africa, and the Middle East had the opportunity to get to know the reality of migration management in Lebanon first-hand.

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Study
Martin Vladimirov Ruslan Stefanov Marius Köppen

Strategic Decoupling: Phasing out russian economic influence in Germany

The study by the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) examines the continuing entanglement between the German and Russian despite Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. The Russian corporate presence in Germany is highly concentrated in around 40 larger firms, which specialize in oil refining, natural gas supply and distribution, metal and plastic products manufacturing, glass production, and transport. Russia’s war upended European peace and security and intensified global power competition. The study shows that the Kremlin's long arm extends far beyond Germany's misguided Ostpolitik.

Smart cities in Kosovo
Publication

Smart Cities in Kosovo: Empirical Study on Citizens’ Preferences and Perspectives

In a follow-up study initiative aimed at bridging this chasm, the Western Balkans office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and UBO Consulting undertook a comprehensive study focusing on the citizens of Kosovo’s seven regions. Engaging with 1568 participants, including those of Albanian and Serb ethnicities and other ethnic minorities, the study sought to gauge the citizens’ familiarity, utilization, apprehensions, and future inclinations towards smart city services.

MApping Smart Local Communities
Publication

Smart Local Communites in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Follow up

The follow up study, the results of which we present below are the product of the research conducted in the period January - April 2023 and its main goal was to check how much, if at all, the development and application of solutions in the field of Smart City was influenced by the state of the pandemic and the crisis it brought with it, and whether two years after the first conducted research, interest in this topic increased.
Afgan women walk on a road on the eve of the second anniversary of taking over the government in Kabul, Afghanistan, 14 August 2023.
Afghanistan

The Tragic Denial of Girls and Women‘s Right to Education in Afghanistan

Two years since the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, the country's democratic progress has regressed significantly, particularly for women. This paper examines the erosion of women's rights and access to education under the Taliban's rule. It explores potential avenues within international law, diplomatic efforts, and targeted aid to address the situation and reintegrate women's rights as an integral aspect of international policy considerations.

Educating Africa for the Future
POLICY PAPER
David Coltart

Educating Africa for the Future

Africa in many respects is at a crossroads. Decades after the end of colonial rule, much of Africa‘s great potential is unrealized. At the root of this is the crisis in the education sector. Education infrastructure is collapsing in many countries amid an increase in school enrolment, rising cost of education, high teacher shortages in both primary and secondary schools, and reduced public funding for basic and higher education.

Letters to Europe
Letters to Europe
Addishiwot Dagnew

"Ukraine-Krieg hat negative Auswirkungen auf Afrika"

Sieben afrikanischen Studenten der African Leadership Academy nahmen an einem Interview über die Perspektiven afrikanischer Jugendlicher in Europa teil. Ziel war es, Meinungen zu den Herausforderungen in den Beziehungen zwischen den beiden Kontinenten zu erfahren. Addishiwot Dagnew, eine Studentin aus Äthiopien, sieht besonders ein Problem in den wirtschaftlichen Abhängigkeiten afrikanischer Staaten von Europa, welche durch den Ukraine-Krieg verstärkt wurden.

CONFLICT MINERALS
POLICY PAPER

Conflict Minerals Over a Decade of Effort and Impact

Nairobi, 24 July 2023 - Over the past twelve years, international organisations and many states have endeavoured to combat the illicit trade in conflict minerals from Africa, particularly tin, tungsten, and tantalum (3T) sourced from conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs). Despite these efforts, illegal mining and trade of conflict minerals continue to persist. To assess the progress made in tackling this issue, the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom (FNF) commissioned a group of experienced industry experts to conduct a comprehensive study.

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