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Clinton defends civil society from ‘critical threat to democracy’

By Demdigest on July 6, 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has used a landmark speech to the Community of Democracies to highlight “the steel vise” with which governments are restricting civil society and announce a fund to help activist groups to combat the growing crackdown.
The speech – described by aides as her most significant address during a four-day tour [read full story]

Posted in Featured, Regions | Tagged Anne Appelbaum, authoritarian regimes, Carl Gershman, civil society, Community of Democracies, Defending Civil Society, Democracy assistance, Hillary Rodham Clinton, National Endowment for Democracy, pluralism, UN Human Rights Council, World Movement for Democracy | Leave a response

Obama visit highlights democracy in world’s most important, least known country

By Michael Allen on March 15, 2010

President Barack Obama’s visit to Indonesia is both personal and political, writes the Brookings Institution’s Lex Rieffel. One of the trip’s objectives is to raise the global profile of the world’s most important and least known country, including its “impressive transition from 30 years of authoritarian rule………… to become arguably the most democratic country in [read full story]

Posted in accountability, Asia, democracy, democratization, Elections, Featured, Indonesia, Islam and democracy, Islam/politics, NGOs/Civil society | Tagged authoritarian rule, collusion and nepotism, compatibility of democracy and Islam, compatibility of democracy and sharia, democracy conference in Jakarta, democratic transition, Democratic Transition and Consolidation, equating democracy with liberalism, Human rights, Indonesia and democracy, Islam and democracy, KKN: corruption, pluralism, secularism, shari'a | Leave a response

Lost opportunity to support Iran’s democrats?

By Michael Allen on June 29, 2009

Just as Rwanda paid the price for Somalia, the Obama administration appears to have “overlearned” the lessons of the Iraq war and George W. Bush’s freedom agenda, warns Nader Mousavizadeh a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Consequently, “an opportunity to provide legitimate support to the popular movement when it mattered most was [read full story]

Posted in authoritarianism, Democracy assistance, democracy promotion, dissidents, Elections, Iran, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged 1989, Amir Taheri, Basij, bazaari, civil society, democracy promotion, democratic revolutions, Fareed Zakaria, Mohsen Sazegara, Nader Mousavizadeh, obama administration, pluralism, promoting democracy, Revolutionary Guards, rule of law | Leave a response

Russia: engage and promote pluralism through non-governmental links, soft power

By Michael Allen on April 14, 2009

New approaches are needed to promote democracy and improve human rights in Russia given that criticism by U.S. officials has had “limited impact at best”, a new report suggests. “Private and public support for grassroots movements appears to have been more effective” but, given current levels of distrust, direct government support for Russia NGOs has [read full story]

Posted in authoritarianism, Backlash, corruption, Democracy assistance, democracy promotion, Eastern Europe, Human rights, NGOs/Civil society, promoting democracy, Russia, Soft power | Tagged authoritarianism, color revolutions, democracy promotion, democratization, Human rights, NGOs/Civil society, pluralism, promoting democracy, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Soft power | Leave a response

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