The goal of  the FES Security & Peace office in Vienna is to come to terms with the challenges of peace and security in Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union a quarter of a century ago. These issues should be discussed primarily with the countries of Eastern Europe – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – and with Russia, as well as with the countries of the EU and with the US.

We support the following activities:

• Regional and international meetings for developing new concepts on cooperation and peace in Europe
• A regional network of young professionals in the field of cooperation and peace in Europe
• Cooperation with the OSCE in the three dimensions, the politico-military, the economic and the human.

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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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