Human rights and pro-democracy groups are criticizing the suspension of US sanctions on Burma as a premature concession to a regime still marred by rights abuses. But the head of the civilian-led, military-backed government insists that the scrapping of the …
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July 12, 2012
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Burma sanctions move: rare ‘snub’ to Suu Kyi or ‘inexact science’ of engaging reform?
July 11, 2012
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Weak opposition threatens Tunisia’s democracy?
- Tunisia’s opposition lacks culture of coalitions and working together, says activist Jurchi.
“Tunisia’s fledgling democracy is threatened by a weak opposition that fails to offer a viable alternative to the well-organized Islamists in power, and discontent is taking the form
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July 11, 2012
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Hungary’s democratic backsliding threatens Europe
Hungary has been described as Putinism’s first ideological outpost. But the European Union is too preoccupied with the fiscal crisis to give Viktor Orban’s creeping authoritarianism sufficient attention, writes James Kirchik.
In January 2011, the government of Hungarian Prime …
July 11, 2012
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Libya confounds the critics
- Crowds in Benghazi listen to political speakers. Photo: Maroun Sfeir, NDI resident program officer, Egypt
With Libya’s National Forces Alliance poised for a landslide victory in the weekend’s parliamentary elections, the conduct of the poll gave cause for both
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July 11, 2012
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Most Muslims want democracy, believe US opposed
A clear majority of Muslims worldwide favor democracy over alternative political systems, but majorities or pluralities in six Muslim Muslim-majority countries believe the U.S. is opposed to their democratic aspirations, according to a new Pew Research survey of opinion in …
July 10, 2012
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Egypt’s Islamist-military standoff ‘a dangerous game’
Egypt’s Islamist-led parliament today “opened a new front” in the country’s intensifying power struggle by assembling (above) in defiance of a court order that dissolved the chamber, pitting President Mohammed Morsi against the military and judiciary.
“Of course this legal wrangling …
From Recipients to Donors: The New Role of East Europeans in Democracy Promotion
Since the 1980s, supporting the spread of democracy around the world has become a priority for many governmental and nongovernmental actors in the West. Following the third wave of democratization, some of the new democracies in Eastern Europe, Latin America, …
July 10, 2012
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Libya poll setback for Muslim Brotherhood
Libya’s National Forces Alliance is projected to score a landslide victory, according to preliminary vote counts following the weekend’s election for a new National Assembly. Sources close to the country’s electoral commission say the coalition is leading in 8 out …
July 10, 2012
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Paraguay’s impeached democracy
Paraguayan democracy has taken a giant step backward since its Congress impeached President Fernando Lugo in June, plunging the country into political turmoil and diplomatic isolation, write Lucas Arce and Gustavo Setrini. Coming only nine months before the next scheduled …
July 9, 2012
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Soft coup or counter coup? Egypt’s ‘impending confrontation’ between military and Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt is facing a “political earthquake” after the constitutional court today insisted that its earlier ruling to dissolve parliament must stand, and the powerful Muslim Brotherhood began to mobilize for “a million-man march” to coincide with Tuesday’s re-opening of …