The Democratic Republic of the Congo faces the prospect of state collapse, writes Joshua Marks. The possibility of widespread violence around elections scheduled for November 2011 as well as the emergence of antigovernment movements in the provinces could precipitate a …

Internet freedom should be an integral element of U.S. foreign policy and a broader strategy for promoting democracy, a new report contends, ”one that tilts the balance in favor of those who would use the Internet to advance tolerance and free …

Hundreds of Egyptian activists today staged “an unprecedented show of online defiance” to highlight the ruling military’s human rights abuses and mishandling of the political transition process. The pro-democracy groups behind Jasmine revolution are calling for a new …

Transitions must be owned and driven by local actors, President Obama’s speech stressed, but external actors can make a vital difference, says Saad Eddin Ibrahim (center). He is yet to join any of Egypt’s emerging democratic parties, but cautions …

So, how was it for you?

It was a “powerful” speech and a “profound advance” for U.S. policy towards the region, writes writes Rami G. Khouri, Director of the Beirut-based Issam Fares Institute.

By using the phrase “self-determination,” Obama …

The marked discrepancy between Africa’s economic renaissance and its political stagnation has caught the attention of many observers, but the continent’s leading statesmen are not used to being personally chastised in public – and certainly not by as prestigious …

A new NGO law cannot overcome the impediments to civil society autonomy, independence and effectiveness, identified in a recent Iraqi analysis. But activists will hope that Kurdistan can at least serve as a template for regulation in a region …

The U.S. will no longer put the interests of the Middle East’s regimes above those of its people, said President Barack Obama, in his landmark address today.

“America values the dignity of the street vendor in Tunisia more than …

“Campaigners in China aren’t the only ones feeling the heat from an overbearing communist regime,” writes analyst Bridget O’Flaherty.

Vietnam is once again taking a lead from its fellow Market Leninist with a harsh crackdown on dissent, the …

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One World leads regular policy seminars on timely and critical topics related to the reform process, convening key stakeholders …