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By Michael Allen on June 23, 2009
The FT’s Gideon Rachman has a useful check-list for democratic revolutions, drawing on the work of The Economist’s Andrew Miller who drew on the color revolutions in Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan to identify some of the factors that can help a revolution to succeed :
“Critical mass”: small demonstrations of 5,000 people can be ignored [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Human rights, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, authoritarianism, corruption, democracy promotion, dissidents, economic crisis, media, promoting democracy | Tagged color revolutions, Democracy assistance, democratic revolutions, independent media, iran, promoting democracy |
By Michael Allen on May 29, 2009
Democratizing Europe’s last dictatorship will curb the Kremlin’s aggression in its periphery and encourage democratic forces within Russia, writes Jeffrey Gedmin, president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
As economic crisis threatens to fray the social pact underpinning Alexander Lukashenko’s hard-line regime and economic relations with Russia strained, the democratic West should eschew short-term realpolitik and ramp [read full story]
Posted in Eastern Europe, authoritarianism, democracy promotion | Tagged Alexander Lukashenko, belarus, dissidents, independent media, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, realpolitik |
By Michael Allen on May 8, 2009
International engagement and domestic actors’ political will are both critical if Zimbabwe’s national unity government is to realize the promise of last September’s Global Political Agreement, a Congressional hearing was told this week. The key priorities, said the National Endowment for Democracy’s Carl Gershman, include establishing the rule of law, support for civil society fostering [read full story]
Posted in Africa, Democracy assistance, Failed states, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, Zimbabwe, authoritarianism, corruption | Tagged electoral system, Human rights, independent media, National Endowment for Democracy, Zimbabwe |
By Michael Allen on April 14, 2009
April 15, 2009. The Center for International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy – luncheon presentation on Engaging Citizens in Peace: Media and Communication Development Strategies in Post-conflict and Fragile States.
Speakers: Deborah Jones, Search for Common Ground; Theo Dolan, U.S. Institute for Peace; Mark Koenig, U.S. Agency for International Development. Moderated by: [read full story]
Posted in Asia, Backlash, China, Democracy assistance, Events, Global, Human rights, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, Soft power, authoritarianism, democracy promotion, dissidents, foreign policy, media, promoting democracy | Tagged civil society, Communication Development Strategies, De-Radicalization, Democracy assistance, democracy promotion, Failed states, Human rights, independent media, media assistance, National Democratic Institute, National Endowment for Democracy, Post-conflict States, promoting democracy, religious freedom |
By Michael Allen on January 26, 2009
With a majority of the world’s population denied access to free media, the new U.S. administration should ensure that independent media is no longer the poor relation of international development. So argues Marguerite H. Sullivan, senior director of the Center for International Media Assistance. Less than 20 per cent of people enjoy access to wholly [read full story]
Posted in Blogs, Democracy assistance, Global, Tools/technology, media | Tagged Blogs, independent media, obama, social networking |
By Michael Allen on January 8, 2009
Azerbaijan is trying to push foreign broadcasters off national frequencies, effectively banning Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America and the BBC from its airwaves. Earlier this week, RFE/RL rebuffed an attempt to seize equipment from its Baku office.
“There is a trend against free media,” said Jeffrey Gedmin, RFE-RL’s Prague-based president. “They see us as [read full story]
Posted in Eurasia, authoritarianism, media | Tagged independent media, media |
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