10. June 2022 | News

Solveig Richter featured in Television Interview on Phoenix

On June 10th, EDP member Solveig Richter was featured in a television interview on “phoenix”, a German TV channel, in which she discussed Germany’s role in the Balkan states. You can find the interview right here.

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8. June 2022 | News

EDP Network at DIE in Bonn

At the beginning of June 2022, the EDP Network members finally met again in person at the DIE in Bonn, Germany. During the two days meeting current projects, such as a new EU Project titled “Embracing change: Overcoming Blockages and …

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25. May 2022 | News

Benjamin Schütze moderates a joint lecture on “Renewable Energies, Renewed Authoritarianisms?”

On June 2nd at 6 pm, EDP member Benjamin Schütze will moderate a joint lecture titled “Renewable Energies, Renewed Authoritarianisms?” which will consist of presentations by Prof. Dr. Natalie Koch (Syracuse University & IASS Potsdam) – ‘After Oil: Energy Transition and Gulf …

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11. May 2022 | EDP Wire

Why “Democracy Promotion” should play no role in a values-based German foreign policy in the MENA region

Despite considerable efforts and financial investments in the MENA region by Germany and other European states, as well as high support for democracy in Arab states, political systems in the MENA region remain authoritarian. Benjamin Schuetze discusses the connection of these phenomena and suggests how meaningful German support in the MENA region could look like.

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10. May 2022 | Publication

Why “Democracy Promotion” should play no role in a values-based German foreign policy in the MENA region

in: Orient II 2022, “Germany’s role in the MENA region: Between continuity and change”

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1. May 2022 | Publication

Citizens in peace processes

in: Journal of Conflict Resolution

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1. May 2022 | Publication

What Role do Local Elections Play for Societal Peace in Nepal?

in: GDI Discussion Paper 4/2022

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15. April 2022 | Publication

Autocratization Changing Nature?

in: Democracy Report 2022, Varieties of Democracy Institute (V-Dem)

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5. April 2022 | News

EDP Network at ISA 2022 in Nashville

The EDP network organised a panel discussion titled “Democracy Promotion as a Changing Constellation of Practices” during the ISA 2022 in Nashville. Leonie Holthaus, Sarah von Billerbeck, Julia Leininger, Solveig Richter and Jonas Wolff presented up-to-date research and debated about …

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1. April 2022 | Publication

The local turn and the Global South in critical peacebuilding studies

in: PRIF Working Papers No. 57

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