The Arab Spring provides an opportunity for securing the elusive synthesis of democratization and development, writes Ana Palacio (right). But the onus will fall on the European Union to demonstrate a capacity to reform its own approaches and instruments.

Until …

The daughter of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya (left) has welcomed the arrest of her alleged killer – but believes the architects of the murder remain at large.

“This case will be solved completely one day but I am not …

Democracy assistance is more of an art than a science, at least judging by Tom Melia’s experience.

Formerly a senior official at the National Democratic Institute and Freedom House, he was last year appointed deputy assistant secretary in …

We have come a long way from the days when authoritarian regimes appeared content to erect filters to block access to the Internet and impose selective censorship.

Cyberspace is now politically contested terrain, so it is significant that …