Georgia’s democratic gains since the 2003 Rose Revolution are safe, billionaire premier-elect Bidzina Ivanishvili insisted today.
In an interview with the Financial Times, the leader of the Georgian Dream alliance that defeated Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement in this …
At a time of elevated partisanship in domestic affairs, U.S. political leaders would do well to reflect on a path-breaking bipartisan initiative that helped liberate millions from authoritarian rule, writes Mark R. Kennedy.
“As today’s political leaders seek to …
For decades, the Arab states have had the lowest rate of female parliamentary representation of any region in the world, writes Dr. Isobel Coleman of the Council on Foreign Relations, introducing a Fikra Forum on women’s quotas.
In an effort …
Russia’s ruling party participated in programs funded by the US Agency for International Development, the same agency the Kremlin is expelling from the country on the grounds that it interferes in domestic politics.
“The allegation could be deeply embarrassing …
This week’s attacks on diversity campaigners in Armenia, civil society calls for political integrity in Georgia and Eurovision song contest-linked campaigns to highlight rights abuses in Azerbaijan are highlighting the challenges to advancing human rights democracy in the Caucasus.
On …
A Ukrainian court has sentenced another leading opposition politician to prison, raising further concern about the country’s democratic regression. The sentence coincides with new opinion poll findings which reveal that only 13 percent of Ukrainians believe President Viktor Yanukovych (right) …
“Possibly emboldened by Washington’s recent decision to approve military aid to Egypt without conditions on improving human rights,” National Journal reports, the United Arab Emirates has shut down the Dubai office of the National Democratic Institute.
UAE authorities yesterday …
An American democracy worker appeared in a Cairo courtroom cage today with fellow Egyptian defendants charged with illegally using foreign funds for political purposes. But the judge adjourned the case against 43 pro-democracy activists until April 10.
Judge Makram Awad …
Assistance for Egypt’s democratic transition is being held up by the military’s retention of power, a senior diplomat confided today, as the country’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood denied that it helped secure …
The Egyptian government’s climb down over the prosecution of pro-democracy non-governmental groups has sparked “super populist outrage” that threatens to further complicate efforts to negotiate an end to a crisis and highlights “a major obstacle in U.S.-Egyptian relations: …