4. Oktober 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, online veröffentlicht: 17. September 2017.

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14. September 2017 | Publication

Der Wolf im Schafspelz – Illegitime Herrschaft durch State Capture in Nachkriegs- und Transitionsgesellschaften

in: Zeitschrift für Friedens– und Konfliktforschung 6:2 , S.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 erhält Rolf-Kentner Disserationspreis 2017

Für ihre 2015 eingereichte Dissertation wird Annika Elena Poppe, Mitglied und Koordinatorin des EDP-Netzwerks, mit dem Rolf-Kentner-Dissertationspreis 2017 des Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) der Universität Heidelberg geehrt. Der Preis ist nach Rolf Kentner, Förderer der deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen und …

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25. August 2017 | Publication

Just an Illusion? Democratization in the International Realm

in: Swiss Political Science Review, online veröffentlicht: 25. August 2017.

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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. (Hrsg.): Crisis in Authocratic Regimes, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, im Erscheinen.

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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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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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