“The European Union is struggling to find the means to support democratic movements outside its territory,” The European Voice reports (hat tip: Global Europe):
Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today (1 December) are supposed to endorse the launch of …
Today’s storming of the British Embassy in Tehran by hard-line Basiji militants (above) signals an escalation of the Islamic Republic’s conflict with the West.
“The incident raises the stakes to the point of very ill-disguised confrontation between Iran and one …
The Kremlin has launched a dirty tricks campaign against Russia’s only independent elections monitor, just days before voters head to the polls to elect the State Duma.
In a televised address last weekend to the ruling United Russia party, premier …
“Malaysian lawmakers approved a ban on street protests” today, AP reports, “after opposition legislators boycotted the vote and activists criticized the ban as repressive and a threat to freedom of assembly”:
Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ruling coalition says the …
With moderates in Bahrain’s government and opposition apparently being outflanked by more hard-line elements, the prospects for dialogue and reconciliation arising from the Independent Commission of Inquiry are fading, warns Hussein Ibish in this guest post.
The report by the …
Bahrain’s authorities used torture and excessive force against protesters during the March crackdown on the pro-democracy movement, the head of a special commission said today.
The information ministry and national security agency employed “a systematic practice of physical and …
The rough and tumble of democratic politics was in evidence today as Tunisia’s newly elected assembly held its inaugural meeting.
“And it didn’t take long for the legislators to feel one result of free speech,” AP reports, as “hundreds …
Turkey is the “biggest winner of the Arab Awakening,” according to a new survey of Arab public opinion, but the United States remains distrusted and President Barack Obama relatively unpopular, despite Washington’s support for democratic reform.
Most Arabs believe …
Neighboring Turkey ramped up the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad today after at least 12 people were killed and two Turkish pilgrims were wounded in attacks by Syrian security forces.
Turkey’s president, Abdullah Gul, today insisted that the crisis …
Russian premier Vladimir Putin was loudly booed by the audience (above) at a martial arts fight in Moscow on Sunday, an episode that highlights widespread public discontent with his anticipated return to the presidency.
“The crowd at a ‘no rules …