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Observatorium 88 – Zivilgesellschaft und Sicherheitsstrategie – Ein Problemaufriß

Observatorium 88 I November 2025 | Zivilgesellschaft und Sicherheitsstrategie – Ein Problemaufriß von Rupert Graf Strachwitz Zusammenfassung Politik und …

Observatorium 87 – Between Repression and Resilience: The Civil Society Struggle in Turkey

Observatorium 85 | November 2025 | An essay by Stefan Wallner on the necessity of abandoning cherished habits and choosing effectiveness in times of

Observatorium 86 – Civil Society in Slovakia 2024-2025: Resisting an Authoritarian Turn

Observatorium 85 | November 2025 | An essay by Stefan Wallner on the necessity of abandoning cherished habits and choosing effectiveness in times of

Stefan Wallner – Where Were You When Our Roots Were Uprooted?

Observatorium 85 | November 2025 | An essay by Stefan Wallner on the necessity of abandoning cherished habits and choosing effectiveness in times of

The Anti-NGO Narrative: The attempt to delegitimise civil society

Civil society organisations (CSOs) are increasingly facing allegations and delegitimising attributions. The new publication The Anti-NGO Narrative by Dr. Siri …

Orbituary: Maecenata Foundation mourns the sudden and unexpected death of the director of its MENA Study Centre

Maecenata Foundation mourns the sudden and unexpected death of the director of its MENA Study Centre Prof. Dr. Udo Steinbach born on 30 May 1943

Policy Paper: Agitating Against the State with Taxpayers’ Money?

Observatorium 83 | June 2025 | Rupert Graf Strachwitz sheds light on the accusations against civil society organisations and their

Call on EU Institutions to safeguard democracy and foster civic space

16.09.2024 | 416 civil society organisations call on the EU Institutions to safeguard democracy and foster civic

Protest and Support – The Dual role of Israel’s Civil Society in 2023

Opusculum 191 | 28.05.2024 | The paper takes a look at various organisations that were active in the protests to preserve democracy and examines their …

Rotary in Ukraine – Findings of an Accompanying Research Project

Opusculum 190 | 21.05.2024 | The surveys show that a large number of Rotary clubs operated independently of centrally collected funds and carried out many …

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