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10. Januar 2018 | EDP Wire | Jeff Bridoux
Democracy Promotion: Quo Vadis?
In this EDP Wire contribution, Jeff Bridoux discusses the demise of international democracy promotion. He argues that the two main actors of democracy promotion, the EU and the United States, have to bear part of the blame due to rising nationalism and waning interest in external democracy promotion.
weiter lesen »20. Dezember 2017 | EDP Wire | Julian Untiet, Shaheera Syed
Young Aspiring Policy-makers Discuss Threats to Liberal Democracies at the 3rd Bridging Gaps Conference at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy in Erfurt
This EDP wire contribution presents a conference report on the 3rd Bridging Gaps Conference that took place from November 10th – 11th 2017 at the University of Erfurt. The conference shed light on the topic “Threats to Liberal Democracies” and aimed to provide future policy makers with a platform to exchange ideas and discuss policies among like-minded peers.
weiter lesen »20. Dezember 2017 | EDP Wire | Annika E. Poppe, Jonas Wolff
We need to understand why states object to the presence of foreign-funded NGOs
More and more countries restrict how NGOs operate, often by limiting their funding. The response is frequently to argue that these restrictions flout international law or amount to crackdowns on the opposition. Annika and Jonas argue that the objections to NGO activity need to be taken seriously.
weiter lesen »28. November 2017 | EDP Wire | Nora Berger-Kern
Review of “External Democracy Promotion and Diversity Among International Agencies – Evaluating Variances in the Impact of the UNDP and the EC in Rwanda” by Simone Beetz
This EDP wire contribution presents a review of Simone Beetz’ 2017 empirical analysis on “External Democracy Promotion and Diversity Among International Agencies – Evaluating Variances in the Impact of the UNDP and the EC in Rwanda”.
weiter lesen »8. November 2017 | EDP Wire | Tina Freyburg, Tobias Böhmelt
A model for predicting future EU enlargements – and why most candidate states could be waiting some time
The last state to join the European Union was Croatia in 2013, but when can current candidate states expect to secure their accession to the EU? Tina Freyburg and Tobias Böhmelt present results from a new study of the capacity of candidate states to meet accession criteria.
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