In his State of the Union speech, President Obama endorsed the project of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to boost economic recovery from the recession. But the geo-political implications of the proposed partnership could extend well beyond …
President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia’s law on non-governmental organizations is more liberal than similar provisions in other countries, but said he may recommend changes to a controversial measure requiring foreign-funded NGOs to register as ‘foreign agents’, AFP …
Members of the House of Representatives believe that there is “enough support in Congress to slow, if not halt entirely, economic aid to Egypt” over the conviction of 43 pro-democracy activists, McClatchy reports.
Meanwhile, the ruling Muslim Brotherhood…
The terrorist attacks of 9/11 ended the illusions that followed the collapse of Soviet communism, says Oxford University’s John Lloyd:
History may have paused, but it had reignited with a vengeance. Clearly, there were other powerful forces in the world …
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems sponsors an annual photography contest to showcase photos of elections and democracy from around the world. The contest seeks photographs of individuals taking part in elections or other activities that demonstrate the …
The world’s liberal democracies bear at least indirect responsibility for the challenge emerging from authoritarian or semi-authoritarian states, according to a prominent analyst.
The recent Freedom House report, “Freedom in the World 2013: Democratic Breakthroughs in the Balance,” highlights “a paradoxical situation in which democracy across the globe …
An ‘authoritarian club’ led by Russia and several other ‘like-minded countries’ is trying to stifle criticism of Belarus at the UN Human Rights Council, says Yuriy Dzhibladze (right), a representative of the International Control Committee for Human Rights in …
Authoritarian regimes around the world are banding together to bypass international institutions and human rights norms that conflict with their abusive practices, writes analyst Andrew Rizzardi. Unlike the alliances of the Cold War era, these partnerships have few ideological underpinnings …
“The Obama administration has waived the conditional human rights string attached to Egypt’s $1.3 billion in U.S. military support for 2013,” Associated Press reports:
In a letter to Congress last month, Secretary of State John Kerry noted the …
The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C. invites applications for fellowships in 2014-2015. This federally-funded program enables democracy activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy …