Why are algorithms biased? Should states outsource public services to AI technologies? How can we ensure that AI serves the people? And which actions should decision-makers take to make that happen? Dive into the AI 2040 interactive website and discover artefacts from the future and policy recommendations for the global governance of AI!

Since 1961 eminent international politicians and experts have met at the Bergedorf Round Table to discuss fundamental questions pertaining to German and European foreign and security policy in small and intimate groups.

Since its establishment in 2011, the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum has become the most important annual foreign policy gathering in Berlin. The Berlin Forum convenes high-ranking national and international politicians, government representatives, experts and journalists to discuss the foreign policy challenges for Germany and Europe.

New technologies and new generations raise new questions about history and call on us to renew our understanding of the past. Our eCommemoration programme opens up a space for historians, memory workers, digital pioneers and creative minds from across the globe to discuss new perspectives of participatory commemoration. We invite you to explore history and memory with us – in Video Games, Social Media and Extended Reality.

EUSTORY promotes a multi-faceted approach to commemoration and cross-border engagement while strengthening a dialogue about fundamental questions of European history.

The Federal President’s History Competition is the largest historical research competition for young people in Germany. It aims to awaken interest among children and young people for their own history, and to promote independence and strengthen a sense of responsibility.

The aim of our Körber Emerging Middle Powers Initiative (KEMP) is to promote dialogue between Germany and emerging middle powers. By means of an annual survey, the initiative also contributes to a deeper understanding of geopolitical perspectives in countries that belong to this grouping, such as Brazil, India, and South Africa. In addition, KEMP brings together experts and decision makers from those countries and other emerging middle powers with their German counterparts to contribute to their active exchange.

As part of the Körber Global Leaders Dialogue, heads of state and government give programmatic foreign policy speeches and then take questions from the audience.

Historical project work offers unique learning and experience opportunities for children and young people. With the expertise and network from more than 45 years of the Federal President’s History Competition, we would like to strengthen historical project work in schools, and to already embed it in the training of history teachers.

In an age of growing political, national and religious divisions, historical orientation and reckoning with our past are central to dealing with current conflicts. The Körber History Forum focuses on the impact of the past on the politics of the present at a European and global level.

The Körber Network Foreign Policy comprises a select group of Berlin-based young foreign-policy professionals. Its members meet on a regular basis to discuss issues of German and European foreign policy with international decision-makers.

In the Körber Policy Game a small group of high-ranking international politicians, government officials, and experts discuss and analyze the interests of various foreign policy actors in the context of a fictional scenario. The Körber Policy Game is based on the idea of projecting current foreign and security policy trends into a future scenario – seeking to develop both a deeper understanding of the interests and priorities of the different players and possible policy options.

Over the course of a year, the Körber Strategic Stability Initiative regularly brought together a fixed circle of experts from China, Russia, the USA and Europe to develop options for action for current arms-control challenges. The Körber Strategic Stability Initiative was launched together with the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH).

The Munich Young Leaders (MYL) network is a joint project of Körber-Stiftung and the Munich Security Conference (MSC) that provides a forum for future decision-makers to strengthen their international networks and inspire new thinking in foreign and security policy.

Connecting actors, advancing concrete initiatives and, in doing so, strengthening the multilateral order – these are the objectives of the Paris Peace Forum. Since 2018, the forum offers a platform for several thousands of actors from politics, economy, and society that champion transnational cooperation for tackling global challenges. As a founding member, we actively participate in the design and implementation of the Forum and its annual conference.

High-ranking speakers, among them heads of state, foreign ministers and other influential politicians from Europe, Asia, the Middle and Near East, and the United States, as well as leaders of international organizations, discuss current political issues with a select circle of foreign and security policymakers.

With the Special Project Zukunft MEMORIAL, Körber-Stiftung supports its partner MEMORIAL International, which was liquidated in Russia in 2022, in establishing a new organization in German exile.

“The Berlin Pulse” is our annual foreign policy publication. It juxtaposes contributions by high-ranking international authors with a public opinion survey on the foreign policy views of the German population.

The war in Ukraine has changed everything. In various events and contributions, we shed light on the background and ask what consequences the war has for Europe, what can we do for a peaceful future, and what values unite us? We open up spaces for people and culture from Ukraine.

In the VERSUS series, two guests discuss the pros and cons of a current issue in German and European foreign and security policy. The debate follows a fixed timetable. An audience poll before and after the discussion reveals which arguments were convincing. VERSUS is a cooperation between the Körber-Stiftung and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, and is moderated by Karoline Meta Beisel, Deputy Head of the Politics Department.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks a historical turning point. Looking ahead, European countries will have to come up with a new vision of how the future European security order should look like. Which norms and rules should underpin it? What roles will there be for organisations like the EU, NATO, or the OSCE? In finding answers to these questions, France, Poland, and Germanywill have a significant role to play. For this purpose, we initiated the Weimar Task Force on the European Security Order in February 2022.