Discussion Paper 14/2019, German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn.
weiter lesen »7. November 2019 | Publication
4. November 2019 | EDP Wire
Abiy Ahmed and his achievements in Ethiopia. From lost hope to new optimism with the “Medemer” concept?
Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed received the 100th Noble Peace Price for his efforts to achieve peace with Eritrea. Indeed, he should be recognized for this achievement. This peace deal opens doors to sustain peace in a region which is pinpointed as one of the most conflict-prone regions of the world. He stepped into re-building strained relationships between Eritrea and Djibouti, Eritrea and Somalia, as well as Eritrea and Sudan. Without diminishing these regional achievements, this post aims to highlight his work towards establishing peace in Ethiopia by introducing the “Medemer” concept – at a time when Ethiopia was on the verge of a civil war.
weiter lesen »20. Oktober 2019 | EDP Wire
Regime Legitimation Strategies (RLS), 1900 to 2018
This EDP Wire contribution summarizes the V-Dem Working Paper “Regime Legitimation Strategies (RLS), 1900 to 2018” that introduces new expert-coded measures of regime legitimation strategies for 179 countries in the world from 1900 up until 2018. The authors of the paper are EDP network member Johannes Gerschewski and his colleagues Marcus Tannenberg (University of Gothenburg), Michael Bernhard (University of Florida), Anna Lührmann (University of Gothenburg), and Christian von Soest (GIGA Institute). The paper is available as open access. The summary was prepared and edited by Nora Berger-Kern.
weiter lesen »17. Oktober 2019 | News
Book release: US Democracy Promotion after the Cold War: Stability, Basic Premises, and Policy towards Egypt
Annika Elena Poppe, EDP Network member, published her dissertation “U.S. Democracy Promotion after the Cold War: Stability, Basic Premises, and Policy towards Egypt“ as a book.
weiter lesen »16. Oktober 2019 | Publication
Long Live the Neo-traditional Kings? The Gulf Cooperation Council and Legitimation of Monarchical Rule in the Arabian Peninsula
16. Oktober 2019 | Publication
Is there difference in democracy promotion? A comparison of German and US democracy assistance in transitional Tunisia
7. Oktober 2019 | Publication
From driver of change to marginalised actor: organised labour in post-revolutionary Egypt from a comparative perspective
The paper analyses why Egypt’s labour movement, while having played a significant role in the run-up to the 2011 revolution, has been increasingly marginalised politically ever since, failing to achieve either significant labour-specific gains and/or broader objectives related to the overall process of political transformation.
weiter lesen »1. Oktober 2019 | Publication
Internationale Reaktionen auf Krisen der Demokratie
in: Hartmann, Thomas/Dahm, Jochen/Decker, Frank (eds): Die Zukunft der Demokratie. Erkämpft, verteidigt – gefährdet?, Bonn: J.H.W. Dietz, 282-293.
weiter lesen »19. September 2019 | EDP Wire
Can the new Ethiopian CSO proclamation open space for CSOs to contribute to the 2020 election of Ethiopia?
This post details the major changes of the 2019 Organizations of Civil Society Proclamation No. 1113/2019 proclamation which aims to open space for CSOs to contribute to the country’s democracy and human right promotion. While the analysis ”Negotiating international civil society support: the case of Ethiopia’s 2009 Charities and Societies Proclamation” sheds light on the process of international negotiations of the old proclamation and outlines the consequences of the proclamation for international civil society support in Ethiopia, the current post presents the differences of the two laws. It concludes by looking forward to the upcoming 2020 general election of Ethiopia.
weiter lesen »14. September 2019 | exMember
