Internationalism is a key element for the Christian Democrat identity and movement of thought and action. It is based on a particular framework of ideas and beliefs that leads the party to interpret the relationship between men and nations from an international point of view, ensuring the human being a central place in every social policy.

Jean-Dominique Durand, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Lyon (France), is a specialist in the History of contemporary Christianity.

Contents: Jean-Dominique Durand: Christian Democrat Internationalism in the 20th Century. A Certain Idea of the World – Pier Ferdinando Casini/Emilio Colombo/Eduardo Frei: The Experience of Christian Democrat Internationalism (Round Table) – Godfried Kwanten: Ideology, Cooperation and Networking. KADOC-KULeuven and the Archives of Christian Democrat Internationalism – Johannes Schönner: What Can Austrian Parties Afford? Influential Partner or Honest Broker: Documents of Foreign and Domestic Affairs in the Archive of the Austrian People Party – Laurent Ducerf: France and Christian-Democrat Internationalism. The Issue of Sources – Piotr Kosicki: The Legacy of Polish Christian Democracy. Questions, Materials and Methods for Research – Hanns-Jürgen Küsters: Sources of Christian Democrat Internationalism in the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Archives for Christian Democrat Policy – Francesco Malgeri: The Archives of the Italian Christian Democrat Party and its Representatives – Gianni La Bella: Documents and Sources for Christian Democrats History in Latin America – Roberto Papini: The Origins of Christian Democrat Internationalism – Philippe Chenaux: Catholic Internationalism from the First to the Second Postwar Period – Jean-Dominique Durand: Exile as a Matrix of Christian Democrat Internationalism – Tiziana Di Maio: From NEI to EPP, Christian Democrat Parties’ European Choice – Stefano Picciaredda: Historical Context and International Relations – Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata/Jacques Barrot/Pier Ferdinando Casini/Eduardo Fernandez/Stanislaw Gebhardt/Thomas Jansen/Alaksej Janukevich/Adrian Papahagi/Wilfried Martens: Christian Democrat International Contribution to Development of Democracy (Round Table).