Highlights
New Forecasting Question on RANGE
New Episode | Wisdom of the Crowd Podcast: Are Democracies a Dying Breed?
Transatlantic Barometer Indicator: Women in Government
Thematic Areas

Democracy
Democratic decline in the U.S. and Europe is weakening the transatlantic relationship and undermining its influence around the world. America and its European allies need to recalibrate their values and practices at home in order to serve as beacons to aspiring democracies abroad. But disruptions to our democratic traditions keep emerging: from new technologies changing the way we communicate and work to pandemics and economic shocks. Our work analyzes how these disruptions are playing out, and it will be up to civil society, lawmakers, and the people to prepare our democracies for the future.
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Politics & Society
From economic crises and trade wars to the rise of populism and strained international cooperation, it seems that the United States and its European partners are growing apart on many levels. We follow the state of the transatlantic relationship and how politics and societies on both sides of the Atlantic are handling the global challenges of the 21st century. Our surveys, analysis, and multimedia content from short explainer videos to full-length documentaries bring these challenges to the fore, conveying both the personal impact and the big picture of the forces shaping transatlantic politics and societies.
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Future Leadership
Leaders around the world have been forced to grapple with a series of unfamiliar threats to domestic and international stability. From the COVID-19 pandemic to right-wing populism and escalating state-sponsored and rogue cyberattacks, the need for effective leadership at this moment is critical. This can only be achieved through international exchange, idea-sharing, and learning from prior successes and failures of transatlantic leadership. Through research, polling, and our transatlantic legislative exchange program, the Bertelsmann Foundation Fellowship (BFF), we seek to foster stronger transatlantic ties through a deeper mutual understanding.
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Digital World
Around the world, humanity navigates a digital revolution that’s upending life as we know it. And while the United States and Europe are the nexus of the world's data flows and digital trade for now, the rest of the world is expanding digital output exponentially. It’s now more essential than ever that the conversation about these changes be inclusive. A successful transition to a digital world requires input from all sectors of society. Through analysis, data visualization, and documentary storytelling, we bring you inside the issues shaping today's global digital economy and society.
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Digital World
Hidden Layers | Section 230, Chat GPT & the TikTok Hearing
Democracy
Dialogue with Professor Carol Anderson
New York Times best-selling author and professor of African American studies at Emory University
Democracy
What's a City Worth?
Politics & Society
Local Environmental Activists in Bor, Serbia
A photo essay
Politics & Society
Emerging Ties
Essays on Transatlantic Engagement in the Developing World
Politics & Society
This Is (Not) Our War
For Belarusians, the regime of President Aleksandr Lukashenko leaves few options but to flee the country if they want to stand with Ukraine.
Politics & Society
The European Energy Crisis Explained
Politics & Society
Stronger Than Hate: A story of resilience and humanity in a violent world
Politics & Society
What are the biggest challenges? | Talking Transatlantic Affairs, Episode 3
Politics & Society
Why are we so polarized? | Talking Transatlantic Affairs, Episode 2
Politics & Society
What does it mean to you? | Talking Transatlantic Affairs, Episode 1
Digital World
Which Countries are Regulating AI?
Politics & Society
How Important is NATO?
Politics & Society
The French Presidential Election: Who's in the Running?
Democracy
Power Projection in Putin's Russia
👏An informative graphic from @BertelsmannFdn related to one of our latest questions launched in collaboration with the UK's Government Cosmic Bazaar:
— INFER Public (@INFERpub) June 8, 2023
❓Will a country ban or regulate ChatGPT before Nov 2023?
💡Let us know what you think >> https://t.co/C8FHj41ER7 https://t.co/d22emYLFw0
In the latest episode of #HowToFixDemocracy, Edward Larson illuminates the history of censorship in American public schools through the infamous 1925 trial of John Scopes, a school teacher in Dayton, TN.
— Bertelsmann Foundation (@BertelsmannFdn) June 8, 2023
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Lot’s of talking on regulating #AI but which countries are already regulating AI? Take a look 👇 pic.twitter.com/aYEzyNqiGt
— Irene Braam (@IreneBraam) June 8, 2023
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— DC Homeland Security & Emergency Management (@DC_HSEMA) June 8, 2023
Congratulations Jonas! Keep on forecasting! https://t.co/DEZrDcbGoE
— Bertelsmann Foundation (@BertelsmannFdn) June 8, 2023
Which US states are regulating AI the most?
— Bertelsmann Foundation (@BertelsmannFdn) June 7, 2023
More info here: https://t.co/xbE4s8IN4C pic.twitter.com/NonYCxgulh