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16. August 2017 | EDP Wire | Daniel Warner
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”.
weiter lesen »2. August 2017 | EDP Wire | Annika Elena Poppe
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.
weiter lesen »18. Juli 2017 | EDP Wire | Annika Elena Poppe, Jonas Wolff
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A critical NGO receives a letter from the tax office, indicating that its public-benefit status has been revoked on the grounds of its involvement in political activities.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.
weiter lesen »16. Juli 2017 | EDP Wire | Johannes Gerschewski
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.
weiter lesen »31. Mai 2017 | EDP Wire | Vera van Hüllen
International Cooperation and Authoritarianism: Dilemmas of International Democracy Promotion
More than six years after the wave of popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, it is clear that the ‘Arab Spring’ has not put an end to the exceptional persistence of authoritarianism in the region. At the same time, it has highlighted the shortcomings of international democracy promotion efforts vis-à-vis these authoritarian regimes in the region.
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