4. November 2020 | Publication

Die politische Logik der Gewalt. Zur Ermordung sozialer Aktivist*innen im Kontext autoritärer lokaler Ordnungen in Kolumbien

PRIF Spotlight 14/20, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.  

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26. October 2020 | EDP Wire

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: US Democracy Promotion after the 2020 Presidential Election

The external promotion of democracy has come under unprecedented trouble under the Trump administration. What will U.S. democracy promotion policy likely look like under a second Trump administration, and what would it be under a President Biden? In neither scenario, a return to the status quo ante is likely.

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19. October 2020 | Publication

Leapfrogging the EU: Telecommunications Regulation in Morocco

in: Del Sarto, Raffaella A./Tholens, Simone (eds.), Europe and the Middle East: Contestation beyond Borders, University of Michigan Press, 94-117.

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17. October 2020 | EDP Wire

COVID-19 and shrinking civic spaces: Findings from a preliminary assessment

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of countries worldwide have introduced severe limitations on public life and individual freedoms. Although generally considered necessary to save lives and protect health care systems from overburdening, these restrictions pose the risk of government overreach, thereby potentially boosting the global trend of shrinking spaces for civil society actors.

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16. October 2020 | Publication

No action without talk? UN peacekeeping, discourse, and institutional self-legitimation

in: Review of International Studies, 46:4, 477-494.

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13. October 2020 | Publication

Die Corona-Pandemie als Bedrohung zivilgesellschaftlicher Handlungsspielräume

in: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen, 33:3, 671-676.  

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6. October 2020 | Publication

Nach Morales: Bolivianische Restauration?

in: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, Oktober 2020, 41–44.  

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2. October 2020 | Publication

COVID-19 and shrinking civic spaces: patterns and consequences

in: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Online first, 2 October 2020.  

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1. October 2020 | News

EDP Network meets to plan future strategic direction

On September 21, the EDP Network members met in a virtual online conference to discuss current plans for the further development and future strategic orientation of the network.

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29. September 2020 | EDP Wire

We Need Democracy Protection to Counter Autocratisation

This EDP Wire is part of the German Development Institute’s weekly column discussing the most recent topics of international development politics. The authors discuss the need for international democracy protection against rising autocratic tendencies.

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