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Youth participation in peacebuilding

Yara Itani is BKHS fellow in our project "Gen P(eacebuilder)"

Yara Itani is a humanitarian and social worker from Lebanon with experience in gender, protection, and community engagement. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from Saint Joseph University of Beirut and a Diploma in Humanitarian Crises at…

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The trade-security nexus in European Economic Security Strategy

Dorothée Falkenberg holds the BKHS fellowship „Strengthening Partner Europe!“

Linked to the subject "Strenthening Partner Europe" Dorothée Falkenberg is our this year´s fellow for five months.

In her fellowship, Falkenberg researches the trade-security nexus in the European Economic Security Strategy. In a geoeconomic context…

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Ekrem İmamoğlu gives a speech

Ekrem İmamoğlu and the Future of Turkish Democracy – Change or Authoritarian Backsliding?

23 September | Ekrem İmamoğlu | Webinar | 200 days after İmamoğlu's imprisonment

On March 19, 2025, Ekrem İmamoğlu, mayor of Istanbul and presidential candidate of the largest opposition party CHP, was arrested by Turkish police along with more than 100 other people. The charges were corruption and support for terrorism. The…

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„Democracy thrives on compromise. Those who cannot compromise are useless for democracy.“

Helmut Schmidt

 

Deutscher Bundestag | Achim Melde

„In a time of growing problems, we focus on the essentials with realism and sobriety.“

Helmut Schmidt

 

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„It is better to be prepared for a crisis than to bury your head in the sand.“

Helmut Schmidt

 

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