27. April 2026 | EDP Wire

How Democracy Promoters Respond to Global Autocratisation

This EDP Wire is based on Policy Brief 34/2025 published by the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), which summarises the contributions to our special issue  “Democracy promotion in times of autocratization” published with Democratization. Over the last decade, …

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14. April 2026 | Publication

Joint authoritarian image management: how China and Zimbabwe defend Chinese operations in the country

In: Contemporary Politics, 1–16.

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27. März 2026 | Publication

Soft power beyond liberal democracy. Authoritarian attraction, legitimacy and diffusion

In: Contemporary Politics, 1–16.

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15. März 2026 | Publication

International democracy promotion across two waves: from support to protection

In Democratization, 33(3), 562–588.

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15. März 2026 | Publication

The European Union in informal intergovernmental organizations: mapping an emerging research agenda

In: Journal of European Integration

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2. März 2026 | Publication

Beyond the ballot box: the effect of election violence on electoral participation in Africa

In: Journal of Peace Research, Volume 63, Issue 2.

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24. Februar 2026 | Publication

Towards the Internationalization of Constituent Power? On Foreign Domination in Domestic Constitution-Making

In: Peter Niesen, Markus Patberg, and Lucia Rubinelli (eds), Polities, in Peter Niesen, Markus Patberg, and Lucia Rubinelli (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power.

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5. Februar 2026 | EDP Wire

Between Window Dressing and Political Perspective: Regime Change in the Controversy over the US Intervention in Venezuela

The argument that the US military strike could lead to a democratic transition in Venezuela does little to lend legitimacy to the US intervention, which violates international law. Nevertheless, many Venezuelans hope for a democratic opening as an indirect consequence of the intervention. This deserves international support, including from Europe.

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27. Januar 2026 | EDP Wire

Venezuela after the US intervention: A democratic transition is possible, but demanding

Anika Oettler, Stefan Peters, and Jonas Wolff explore why democracy cannot simply be transplanted from abroad. In the light of the recent events in Venezuela, they argue that lasting democratic change depends on internal social forces, institutions, and power balances.

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9. Januar 2026 | Publication

Imperialistische Gewalt im „Hinterhof“: Hintergründe und Implikationen der US-Militärintervention in Venezuela

In: TraCe Policy Brief, 12, Frankfurt/M

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