The work of the FES Democracy of the Future office is currently based on two topical pillars: Democracy & Society and Democracy & Economy. In collaboration with different researchers, we try to explore and find answers to the following key questions:

• How dangerous is social and political polarisation for democracy?
• What political instruments are available to take the edge off political division?
• What role could citizens’ assemblies  play?
• How exactly do economic inequalities affect the democratic system?
• What effective strategies are there to work against autocratic models?
• What can a democracy of the future that meets the demands of the people look like?

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FES Cooperation and Peace addresses today’s profound challenges to European security. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 was a watershed moment for security in Europe and has rendered obsolete previous visions of the European order. In these uncertain times, our office develops new ideas under the aegis of solution-oriented policymaking, together with experts, politicians and policy planners from Eastern Europe, Russia, the EU and the US. Our activities include:

• Regional and international workshops aimed at developing new concepts on stabilising the security situation, dealing with conflicts and achieving lasting peace in Europe;
• a regional network of young professionals;
• regular public opinion polling on security matters;
• cooperation with the OSCE in the three dimensions of security: the politico-military, the economic and environmental, and the human.

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