3. November 2017 | EDP Wire

The Trump administration and democracy promotion: thinking about regime change?

In this EDP wire contribution, Nick discusses the Trump administration’s linking of democracy support to the pursuit of US security goals and the potential damage this could do the fledgling efforts at a collective democracy-building.

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4. October 2017 | EDP Wire

Bridge to Democracy? The Role of EIDHR and EED Funded Democracy Projects in Armenia

The Armenian government is sending mixed signals to Brussels by joining the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in 2014 and proposing an Anti- NGO Law in 2015. As Armenia and the EU commenced policies under the umbrella of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in 2006, this provided the EU with the possibility to more cautiously control the democratizations processes in Armenia. However, as of the time of writing, the EU seems to not have any influence on developments on the ground.

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17. September 2017 | Publication

Democratization via Aid? The European Union’s Democracy Promotion in the Western Balkans, 1990-2010

in: European Union Politics, published online: 17 September 2017.

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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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