The political crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina is back on the international agenda, and the focus of intense European and U.S. diplomatic efforts. The U.S. administration will “sustain and re-energize its commitment to Europe,” Vice President Joseph Biden recently told the Bosnian …

Police and paramilitary militia failed to halt the latest wave of anti-government demonstrations today, as Green movement supporters again hijacked an officially-sanctioned day of protest to denounce the regime.

Taking advantage of the official Students Day, the fourth time opposition …

Has the Obama administration lost sight of the moral dimension of foreign policy? Have democratic values been set aside in over-reacting to what some perceive as the tainted legacy of the Bush administration’s Freedom Agenda?  

Human rights and democracy …

Canada is poised to set up a new democracy assistance organization, based on the experience and structures of existing foundations, but reflecting distinctively Canadian characteristics and priorities.     

A proposal has been tabled in the House of …

Iran’s Islamic Republic is extending its crackdown against the Green opposition movement to expat critics. Its actions confirm the concerns of democracy activists and analysts alike that authoritarian regimes are deploying more sophisticated technologies to identify and suppress reformist voices.…

The world’s biggest spender on democracy and development, the European Union has fashioned a new strategy for improving the coherence and effectiveness of its approaches to democracy support. It represents real progress, says our guest blogger Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher, but the …

While provisional returns suggest that the opposition National Party’s Porfirio Lobo handily defeated Elvin Santos of the ruling Liberal Party in last Sunday’s election, the legitimacy of the poll is being contested.

As Honduran legislators debated the future of …

Are Arab democrats and reformists losing confidence in the Obama administration? A recent spate of articles would suggest so.

The U.S. is committed to using “principled engagement” to promote democracy in the Arab and wider Muslim world, Michael Posner, …

The Islamic Republic is now intensifying its ideological assault on Iran’s embattled democrats and reformists through a “soft war” or aggressive campaign of countersubversion. This battle for hearts and minds not only involves closing opposition publications and web sites, …

The National Democratic Institute will deploy 20 international experts to conduct an impartial assessment of the November 29 election in Honduras. The international monitoring mission “presents special challenges”, NDI concedes, “given the sharp divisions within the country and between Honduras …