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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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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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A critical NGO receives a letter from the tax office, indicating that its public-benefit status has been revoked on the grounds of its involvement in political activities.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.
read more »16. July 2017 | Publication
Introduction – Legitimacy in Conflict: Concepts, Practices, Challenges
16. July 2017 | Publication
UN Peace Operations and Conflicting Legitimacies
16. July 2017 | EDP Wire
How do autocracies legitimate their rule?
Johannes Gerschewski and Alex Dukalskis have edited a special issue of “Contemporary Politics” on the topic “Legitimation in Autocracies” to push forward the debate about a factor that has gone almost unnoticed by the recent wave of comparative authoritarianism: autocratic legitimation.
read more »14. July 2017 | Publication
Negotiating International Civil Society Support
14. July 2017 | Publication
Widerstand gegen internationale Zivilgesellschaftsförderung: mehr als nur „eine illegitime Ausrede“
13. July 2017 | News
EDP-Lecture by Nick Lemay about Internal Brain Drain-Dynamics and Foreign Aid at PRIF Frankfurt
On Thursday, July 6, 2017, Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, presented his research on “The Internal Brain Drain: Foreign Aid, Hiring Practices and International Migration” at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). Nick is currently EDP …
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