By Michael Allen on January 19, 2010
Who Will be Arafat’s True Successor? asks Helga Baumgarten in the latest issue of the Arab Reform Bulletin (also available in Arabic). Issandr Amrani assesses The ElBaradei Effect on Egyptian Politics and Human Rights Watch’s Joe Stork makes some Suggestions for Act Two for Obama and Human Rights in the Middle East
George Joffe ponders who has The Whole (Libyan) [read full story]
Posted in Egypt, Human rights, Islam/politics, Jordan, Libya, Middle East and North Africa, authoritarianism, democracy and development |
By Michael Allen on November 30, 2009
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, assistant US secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, said recently.
But the Obama administration “often [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Egypt, Featured, Human rights, Islam/politics, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, autocrats, democracy promotion, democracy support, democratization, dissidents, foreign policy, promoting democracy |
By Michael Allen on November 19, 2009
The dilemmas of reconciling security and human rights, stability and reform, and external and internal drivers for change were the dominant themes running through a conference on Middle East democracy this week.
The event was organized by the National Endowment for Democracy in cooperation with the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, to give some leading [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Egypt, Featured, Human rights, Iran, Iraq, Islam/politics, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Morocco, NGOs/Civil society, National Democratic Institute, National Endowment for Democracy, Women, authoritarianism, autocrats, democracy and development, democracy promotion, democracy support, democratization, dissidents, engagement, foreign policy, freedom of expression, governance, promoting democracy, protests |
By Michael Allen on November 12, 2009
November 16, 2009. U.S. Private and Non-U.S. Funding of Media Development, featuring: Anne Nelson, Author, Experimentation and Evolution in Private U.S. Funding of Media Development; Mary Myers, Author, Funding for Media Development by Major Donors Outside the United States. With comments by: Marjorie Rouse, Internews Network. Moderated by: Marguerite Sullivan, Center for International Media Assistance.
As [read full story]
Posted in Africa, Asia, Backlash, China, Democracy assistance, Egypt, Eurasia, Human rights, International Republican Institute, Islam/politics, Jordan, Latin America and the Carribean, Lebanon, Morocco, NGOs/Civil society, National Democratic Institute, National Endowment for Democracy, Pakistan, Russia, Soft power, Tools/technology, Women, authoritarianism, backsliding, corruption, democracy and development, democracy promotion, democracy support, democratization, dictatorships, dissidents, freedom of expression, governance, media, promoting democracy, rule of law, smart power, state-building | Tagged democracy support, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, International IDEA, uyghurs |
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