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. Juli 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A critical NGO receives a letter from the tax office, indicating that its public-benefit status has been revoked on the grounds of its involvement in political activities.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. Juli 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.

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16. Juli 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. Juli 2017 | Publication

UN Peace Operations and Conflicting Legitimacies

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

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14. Juli 2017 | Publication

Negotiating International Civil Society Support

PRIF Working Papers 36/2017, Frankfurt: Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK).

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14. Juli 2017 | Publication

Widerstand gegen internationale Zivilgesellschaftsförderung: mehr als nur „eine illegitime Ausrede“

BBE-Newsletter für Engagement und Partizipation in Europa, 7.

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12. Juli 2017 | News

EDP-Vortrag von Nick Lemay zu Internal Brain Drain-Dynamiken und Foreign Aid an der HSFK

Am Donnerstag, den 06. Juli 2017, präsentierte Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, Senior Lecturer an der Universität Birmingham, seine Forschung zum Thema „The Internal Brain Drain: Foreign Aid, Hiring Practices, and International Migration“ an der HSFK. Nick ist zur Zeit EDP-Gastforscher bei Sonja …

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12. Juli 2017 | Publication

Schlechtes Vorbild Deutschland

PRIF Spotlight, Frankfurt: Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK).

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1. Juli 2017 | News

Summer School: Democratization in a Globalized and Mediatized World

Vom 26.06.2017 bis zum 30.06.2017 veranstaltete das NCCR Democracy in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universtität St. Gallen eine Summer School zum Thema „Democratization in a globalized and mediatized world. “ Thema der Summer School waren die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten und Risiken für …

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