14. September 2017 | Publication

Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing – Illegitimate rule through State Capture in post-war and transitional societies

in: Zeitschrift für Friedens– und Konfliktforschung 6:2 , pp.174-206.

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10. September 2017 | Publication

Simulating, marketing, and playing war: US–Jordanian military collaboration and the politics of commercial security

in: Security Dialogue, 48:5, 431-450

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30. August 2017 | News

Annika Elena Poppe is awarded the Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize 2017

For her 2015 submitted dissertation, Annika Elena Poppe, network member and coordinator of the EDP Network, will be awarded the Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize 2017 by the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) at the University of Heidelberg. The prize …

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25. August 2017 | Publication

Just an Illusion? Democratization in the International Realm

in: Swiss Political Science Review 23: 3, 246-252.

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16. August 2017 | EDP Wire

Vladimir Putin’s history lesson about democracy promotion

This EDP wire contribution presents an excerpt from Dr. Daniel Warner’s article “Democracy Promotion from 1989 to Vladimir Putin’s 2015 UN Speech: The Interrelationship of Democracy and Democracy Promotion”.

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7. August 2017 | Publication

Analyzing Crises in Autocratic Regimes

in: Gerschewski, Johannes/Stefes, Christoph H. (eds): Crisis in Authocratic Regimes, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, forthcoming.

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2. August 2017 | EDP Wire

Recalibrating the Interests-Values-Nexus: Recent US Democracy Promotion Policy in Egypt and the MENA

In this extract from her recent article from ORIENT, Annika puts recent US democracy promotion policy towards Egypt in the larger perspective of US foreign policy towards the MENA region.

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18. July 2017 | EDP Wire

Germany Sets a Poor Example: The Case of ATTAC in Light of Globally Closing Civic Spaces

A critical NGO receives a letter from the tax office, indicating that its public-benefit status has been revoked on the grounds of its involvement in political activities. After a court has reviewed and closed the case in favor of the NGO, the central government intervenes, insisting that the judgment should be reviewed.

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16. July 2017 | Publication

Introduction – Legitimacy in Conflict: Concepts, Practices, Challenges

in: Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 11:3 (Special Issue), 273-285.

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16. July 2017 | Publication

UN Peace Operations and Conflicting Legitimacies

in: Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 11:3, 286-305

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