The “color revolutions” ushered in democratic transitions, but also prompted a pronounced backlash against freedom of association worldwide, according to a new report from Freedom House. Governments are taking calculated action to restrict nongovernmental organizations, human rights …

The Economist Intelligence Unit recently highlighted the possibility of the global financial crisis undermining democracy and democracy assistance. 

Richard Youngs notes that even before the economic downturn, many commentators had drawn attention to the declining appeal of ‘Western’ democratic …

The United States should not relinquish the leadership it has shown on democracy assistance, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, even if progress has been patchy and application uneven. And especially when others are re-asserting their own commitment to supporting …

The need to “reassert our faith in the advance of democracy as the most effective weapon in our arsenal against terrorism and tyranny” is one of the five great global challenges facing the world, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said …

The looming recession and pressures to constrain federal spending will not only impact the foreign policy challenges facing the new U.S. Administration, but could also have a profoundly negative impact globally.

“We should not be surprised when governments fail and …

The incoming U.S. Administration will not be short of foreign policy advice, not least on the question of promoting democracy.

Some analysts, drawing on former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s advice – “If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it” …

Barack Obama’s new Administration should adopt a more modest approach to promoting democracy, one that realizes that nurturing democratic institutions is an “extremely long-term process that, ultimately, is the responsibility of the peoples and leaders of the countries that it’s …

Republican Presidential candidate John McCain is most closely associated with the proposal for a League of Democracies. But, whatever the result of today’s election, the idea is unlikely to go away as liberal Democrat advocates have also voiced support …

The United Nations Democracy Fund is inviting funding proposals from civil society organizations for projects that promote democracy.

UNDEF funds projects that “strengthen the voice of civil society and ensure the participation of all groups in democratic processes.” Proposals should …

The National Democratic Institute will confer the W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award on Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and also honor the Women’s League of Burma at NDI’s 2008 NDI Democracy Luncheon.

A representative of the Women’s …