April 2013, Volume 24, Issue 2
It is easy for Islamists to accept the democratic principle of majority rule when it results in their being elected to power. But the experience of Pakistan warns us that efforts to “Islamize” laws and public life may be hard to reverse even if Islamists are voted out of office.
April 2013, Volume 24, Issue 2
Although declines in freedom outnumbered gains yet again in 2012, the year was not without some significant progress, most notably in the case of Libya.
April 2013, Volume 24, Issue 2
A key factor in determining the success or failure of revolutions is how the national armed forces react. What are the keys to making accurate predictions about what the soldiers will do when the fate of a regime hangs in the balance?
April 2013, Volume 24, Issue 2
A number of countries including Russia and post-Mubarak Egypt are taking aggressive steps to limit or stop foreign funds from flowing to domestic NGOs that promote human rights and democracy. What is driving this trend, how far will it go, and what can be done to counter it?
April 2013, Volume 24, Issue 2
Reports on elections in Armenia, Barbados, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, and South Korea.
April 2013, Volume 24, Issue 2
The “Declaration of Free Citizens” published by Vietnamese bloggers in January 2013. Excerpts from Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s January 2013 speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Excerpts from a pastoral letter issued by the Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Colombo, deploring the state of the rule of…
January 2013, Volume 24, Issue 1
A review of The Soldier and the Changing State: Building Democratic Armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas by Zoltan Barany.
January 2013, Volume 24, Issue 1
Reports on recent elections in Belarus, Burkina Faso, Georgia, Ghana, Kuwait, Lithuania, Montenegro, Romania, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Ukraine, Vanuatu, and Venezuela.
January 2013, Volume 24, Issue 1
The Democracy Courage Tribute was awarded to human-rights activists in Bahrain at the 7th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy and accepted on their behalf by Maryam al-khawaja. Several weeks before being shot by masked gunmen, 14-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai accepted the Pakistan Centre for Civic Education's Civic Courage Award. Excerpts from Georgian…
October 2012, Volume 23, Issue 4
A review of The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy by William J. Dobson
October 2012, Volume 23, Issue 4
Reports on recent elections in Angola, Egypt, Hong Kong, Libya, Mexico, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Senegal, and Timor-Leste.
October 2012, Volume 23, Issue 4
Excerpts from Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, which she gave on June 16 in Oslo, 21 years after she was awarded the prize. An excerpt from imprisoned former Yukos oil company head Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s statement criticizing the Moscow trial of three members of the band Pussy Riot. Portions of Egyptian president…
July 2012, Volume 23, Issue 3
Turkey and Thailand, two countries at different corners of the Asian landmass, appear at first glance to be an odd couple, but a closer look at their respective political situations reveals surprising parallels.
July 2012, Volume 23, Issue 3
Reports on recent elections in Armenia, Belize, Burma, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Lesotho, Senegal, Serbia, South Korea, and Timor-Leste.
July 2012, Volume 23, Issue 3
Excerpts from former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade's concession speech after losing to Macky Sall in the March 25 presidential runoff. Excerpts from newly elected Senegalese president Macky Sall's first national address after his April 3 inauguration. Excerpts from the Ottawa Declaration on Tibet issued on April 29 at the conclusion of the Sixth World Parliamentarians Convention…
April 2012, Volume 23, Issue 2
Although in 2011 declines in freedom exceeded gains for the sixth straight year, the uprisings in the Arab world represent the most significant challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse of Soviet communism.
April 2012, Volume 23, Issue 2
Does recourse to the ballot box spur violence and instability in the world’s poorest countries? Despite the worries of modernization theorists such as Paul Collier, the evidence indicates that, over time, elections are not associated with higher levels of political violence.
April 2012, Volume 23, Issue 2
Reports on recent elections in Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Iran, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Russia, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Taiwan, and Yemen.
April 2012, Volume 23, Issue 2
Excerpts from Yemeni journalist and human-rights activist Tawakkol Karman's acceptance speech for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Excerpts from a statement issued by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s National Conference of Bishops on the DRC's disputed 2011 presidential election. Excerpts from the concluding statement of the February 22 extraordinary meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group…
January 2012, Volume 23, Issue 1
A groundbreaking new survey shows that democracy assistance is highly valued by its recipients but that there remains room for improvement.
January 2012, Volume 23, Issue 1
Reports on recent elections in Argentina, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Cameroon, The Gambia, Guatemala, Guyana, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Poland, Russia, Tunisia, Zambia.
January 2012, Volume 23, Issue 1
Excerpts from the concession speech of Zambia's former president Rupiah Banda after losing the September 20 presidential election to opposition leader Michael Sata. Excerpts from the inaugural address of Zambia's newly elected president, Michael Sata. Excerpts from the report "Russia Development Index 2010– 2011, published in November 2011 by Russia's Valdai Discussion Club, a group…
October 2011, Volume 22, Issue 4
When it comes to backing democracy and human rights in international forums, the behavior of the world’s six most influential rising democracies ranges from sympathetic support to borderline hostility.
October 2011, Volume 22, Issue 4
A review of The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution by Francis Fukuyama.
October 2011, Volume 22, Issue 4
Reports on recent elections in Cape Verde, Macedonia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Singapore, Thailand, and Turkey.
October 2011, Volume 22, Issue 4
Excerpts from a statement issued by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and 35 other Egyptian human-rights organizations condemning the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' campaign against the country's civil society organizations and human-rights groups. Excerpt from a statement by two top EU officials on the August 5 arrest of former Ukrainian prime…
July 2011, Volume 22, Issue 3
Many new democracies have faltered due to high levels of inequality and a deep polarization between the rich and poor. What is the relationship between modern liberal democracy and socioeconomic inequality?
July 2011, Volume 22, Issue 3
Reports on recent elections in Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Estonia, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Micronesia, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Singapore, and Uganda.
July 2011, Volume 22, Issue 3
Excerpts from Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan’s inaugural address, given on May 29. Portions of “A Vision of a Democratic Libya,” the March 29 statement issued by the 31-member Libyan Interim National Council. Excerpts of the final statement issued by participants of the Conference for Change in Syria, held in Antalya, Turkey, from May 31 to…
July 2011, Volume 22, Issue 3
UNESCO World Press Freedom Day; Tibetans Elect New Prime Minister; Statement by Cuban Independent Trade Union Coalition; Citizen Lab Receives Canadian Press Freedom Award; NED’s International Forum
April 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2
The past decade began at a high point for freedom but ended with freedom in peril. Yet the setbacks of the last five years do not outweigh the democratic gains of the last forty.
April 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2
Paradoxically, the rising profile of “liberation technology” may push Internet-control efforts into nontechnological areas—imprisonment rather than censorship, for example—for which there is no easy technical “fix.”
April 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2
Are laws guaranteeing citizens freedom of access to public information (FOI laws) among the most important democratic innovations of the last century?
April 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2
Reports on recent elections in Belarus, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Haiti, Kosovo, Niger, Samoa, and Uganda.
January 2011, Volume 22, Issue 1
As an analysis of recent electoral results shows, the world’s emerging democracies are weathering the global economic crisis surprisingly well. Yet they remain under an even sharper threat from their own failures to deliver good governance.
January 2011, Volume 22, Issue 1
The financial crisis did not deal a fatal blow to any democracies, but it did hasten an erosion of the influence of the West. In the future, the balance of power among competing regime types may be decided by the emerging-market democracies.
January 2011, Volume 22, Issue 1
Why are peacebuilding operations rarely able to establish postconflict democracies, and are there other strategies that would yield more successes?
January 2011, Volume 22, Issue 1
Reports on recent elections in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Guinea, Haiti, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, Tanzania, Tonga, Venezuela.
January 2011, Volume 22, Issue 1
Portions of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's closing statement at his fraud trial on 10 November 2010. This was the second trial for Khodorkovsky, the former head of the Yukos oil company, who was sentenced in May 2005 to nine years in prison for fraud. Excerpts from the "Casablanca Call for Democracy and Human Rights," signed by participants…
October 2010, Volume 21, Issue 4
The lines between the development-aid and democracy-aid communities have been blurring, in terms of both organizational boundaries and activities on the ground, but the convergence is far from complete.
October 2010, Volume 21, Issue 4
Reports on recent elections in Burundi, Colombia, Ethiopia, Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Slovakia, and the Solomon Islands.
October 2010, Volume 21, Issue 4
Excerpts from remarks by Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and Jerzy Buzek, president of the European Parliament, given on July 3 at a high-level meeting to mark the tenth anniversary of the the founding of the Community of Democracies. An excerpt from the June 30 inaugural address of Benigno…
July 2010, Volume 21, Issue 3
The Internet, mobile phones, and other forms of “liberation technology” enable citizens to express opinions, mobilize protests, and expand the horizons of freedom. Autocratic governments are also learning to master these technologies, however. Ultimately, the contest between democrats and autocrats will depend not just on technology, but on political organization and strategy.
July 2010, Volume 21, Issue 3
Reports on recent elections in Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Iraq, Mauritius, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Togo, and Trinidad and Tobago.
April 2010, Volume 21, Issue 2
How do democracies deal with the deep divisions created by race, ethnicity, religion, and language? The cases of Canada, India, and the United States show that democratic institutions—notably, competitive elections and independent judiciaries—can bridge divides and build stability, but they must find a way to manage the tension between individual and group equality.
April 2010, Volume 21, Issue 2
What makes elected leaders step down at the appointed hour, and what do they have to look forward to once their terms end? A look at the political afterlives of world leaders tells us that the future prospects of presidents and premiers may well affect their behavior while in office.
April 2010, Volume 21, Issue 2
Although the overall state of freedom in the world has clearly improved over the last two decades, more recent trends are worrisome. In 2009, declines in freedom outnumbered gains for the fourth consecutive year.
April 2010, Volume 21, Issue 2
A review of The Handbook of National Legislatures: A Global Survey by M. Steven Fish and Matthew Kroenig, and Legislative Power in Emerging African Democracies edited by Joel D. Barkan.
April 2010, Volume 21, Issue 2
Reports on recent elections in Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, Honduras, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Ukraine.
April 2010, Volume 21, Issue 2
Excerpts from a statement by Liu Xiaobo, a leading signatory of Charter 08, who was sentenced on 25 December 2009 to 11 years in prison on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." Excerpts from the inaugural address of Porfirio Lobo, who was sworn in as president of Honduras on January 27. A portion of…
January 2010, Volume 21, Issue 1
Reports on recent elections in Afghanistan, Botswana, Gabon, Honduras, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Romania, Tunisia, and Uruguay.
January 2010, Volume 21, Issue 1
Excerpts from Ayman Nour's video message to the National Endowment for Democracy's November 18 conference, "Middle Eastern Democrats and Their Vision of the Future." Selections from Wang Lixiong's speech accepting the International Campaign for Tibet's Light of Truth Award. Wang Lixiong, a Chinese writer, coauthored a 12 March 2008 open letter to the Chinese authorities…
October 2009, Volume 20, Issue 4
Reports on recent elections in Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, Congo (Brazzaville), Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Mexico, and Moldova.
October 2009, Volume 20, Issue 4
Excerpts from a June 20 statement (Farsi, English) issued by Iranian opposition candidate Mir Hosein Musavi after the release of the official results of Iran's disputed June 12 presidential election led to protests throughout the country. Excerpts from the Organization of American States' resolution suspending Honduras from the organization in the aftermath of the June…
July 2009, Volume 20, Issue 3
Reports on recent elections in Algeria, Ecuador, El Salvador, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Panama, Slovakia, and South Africa.
July 2009, Volume 20, Issue 3
Excerpts from remarks made on March 11 by Xu Youyu, a Charter 08 signatory, as he accepted the People in Need foundation's annual Homo Homini Award on behalf of imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, a leading figure behind Charter 08. Portions of the African Union's March 20 decision on the forced resignation of Madagascar's President…
April 2009, Volume 20, Issue 2
Reports on recent elections in Bangladesh, El Salvador, and Ghana.
April 2009, Volume 20, Issue 2
Excerpts from Charter 08, an open letter signed by more than three-hundred Chinese citizens calling for a political system in China based on human rights and democracy. Portions of a January 10 ECOWAS statement condemning the military coup in Guinea that followed the death of President Lansana Conté on 22 December 2008. Excerpts from the…
January 2009, Volume 20, Issue 1
Reports on recent elections in Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Lithuania, the Maldives, Romania, Rwanda, Slovenia, Swaziland, Vanuatu, and Zambia.
January 2009, Volume 20, Issue 1
Excerpts from the farewell speech delivered by the Maldives' outgoing president of thirty years as well as passages from the new executive's November 11 inaugural address. Excerpts from Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo's 15 August 2008 inaugural address. Excerpts from several tributes delivered at an 11 September 2008 memorial service honoring Bronislaw Geremek, a…
October 2008, Volume 19, Issue 4
Reports on recent elections in Angola, Cambodia, Grenada, Hong Kong, Macedonia, Mongolia, and Zimbabwe.
July 2008, Volume 19, Issue 3
Reports on recent elections in Bhutan, the Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Iran, Kuwait, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Nepal, Paraguay, Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, Tonga, and Zimbabwe.
July 2008, Volume 19, Issue 3
Excerpts from a petition containing "Twelve Suggestions for Dealing with the Tibet Situation," written by 29 Chinese intellectuals after the Chinese government put down protests in Tibet against Beijing's treatment of the Tibetan people. Excerpts from a speech given by European Commission president José Manuel Barroso at the formal launch of the European Foundation for…
April 2008, Volume 19, Issue 2
Reports on recent elections in Armenia, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Croatia, Djibouti, Georgia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Serbia, Taiwan, and Thailand.
January 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1
Reports on recent elections in Argentina, Croatia, Guatemala, Jordan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Nauru, Oman, Poland, Russia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine.
January 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1
Excerpt from a Washington Post op-ed written by U Gambira, a pseudonym for the leader of the All-Burma Monks Alliance, on the widespread Burmese protests spearheaded by Buddhist monks in the fall of 2007. Excerpts from remarks by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of the Republic of Liberia, accepting the National Democratic Institute's W. Averell…
October 2007, Volume 18, Issue 4
A report on recent elections in Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Guatemala, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Mali, Morocco, Papau New Guinea, Philippines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Turkey, and Ukraine.
October 2007, Volume 18, Issue 4
Excerpts from the communique summarizing the positions adopted at a postelection Nigerian civil society summit held in April to discuss dissatisfaction with the recent presidential and parliamentary elections. Excerpts from a report from Abuja by IFES Africa Deputy Director Nathan Van Dusen explaining why the Nigerian election results were received without mass protests, despite calls…
July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3
Reports on recent elections in Algeria, Armenia, Bahamas, Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo (Brazzaville), Estonia, Jordan, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Papau New Guinea, Philippines, Senegal, Timor-Leste, and Togo.
July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3
Excerpts from the Berlin Declaration released by the European Union on March 25, the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaties of Rome which established the European Economic Community. Excerpts from an interview with Thich Quang Do—winner of the 2006 Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for Human Rights Defenders—broadcast on March 16 by Radio Free Asia's Vietnamese Service.…
April 2007, Volume 18, Issue 2
A review of recent elections in Bahrain, Benin, Estonia, Gabon, The Gambia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritania, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Serbia, and Turkmenistan.
April 2007, Volume 18, Issue 2
Full text of an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, signed by more than a hundred public figures from around the world, in response to the decision to close the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship. Message delivered by Democratic Republic of the Congo president Joseph Kabila, acknowledging his victory after two rounds of elections in…
January 2007, Volume 18, Issue 1
A review of recent elections in Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Congo (Kinshasa), Ecuador, Gabon, The Gambia, Latvia, Madagascar, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zambia.
January 2007, Volume 18, Issue 1
Excerpts from remarks delivered at a memorial for Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist and human rights advocate murdered in Moscow on October 7. Excerpts from a statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, condemning the September 19 military coup in Thailand which ousted Thaksin Sinawatra. Excerpts from a December 1 speech by Felipe Calderón, his…
October 2006, Volume 17, Issue 4
A review of recent elections in Congo (Kinshasa), Dominican Republic, Gambia, Guyana, Kuwait, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Sao Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Slovakia, Yemen, and Zambia.
October 2006, Volume 17, Issue 4
A June 2006 letter from jailed Egyptian politician Ayman Nour, who was sentenced to five years in prison in December 2005 on forgery charges widely viewed as spurious. Excerpts from Timorese leader José Ramos Horta's acceptance speech, following his swearing in as prime minister of Timor-Leste on July 10. Excerpts from Chilean president Michelle Bachelet's…
July 2006, Volume 17, Issue 3
A review of recent elections in Belarus, Benin, Chad, Columbia, Comoros, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Haiti, Hungary, Peru, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Ukraine.
July 2006, Volume 17, Issue 3
Excerpts from Akbar Ganji's June 5 acceptance speech for the annually awarded Golden Pen Award of the World Association of Newspapers. Ganji is a prominent Iranian dissident and journalist, who was released in March after a five-year prison term; his essay was featured in the October 2005 issue. Excerpts from a speech by Nigeria's president…
April 2006, Volume 17, Issue 2
Contemporary liberal democracies, especially in Western Europe, face a major challenge in integrating Muslim immigrants as citizens of pluralistic societies.
April 2006, Volume 17, Issue 2
A review of recent elections in Belarus, Benin, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, COlombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Samoa, Sïo Tomé & Príncipe, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, and Venezuela.
April 2006, Volume 17, Issue 2
Excerpts from the January 16 inaugural address of Liberia's new president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who has become Africa's first democratically elected female president. Statement by Singaporean democratic activist Chee Soon Juan, the secretary-general of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party, titled Defamation Suits Against the Opposition Must Stop" and issued on March 2. See the Web sites…
January 2006, Volume 17, Issue 1
A review of recent elections in Afghanistan, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Chile, Egypt, Gabon, Haiti, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Poland, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Venezuela.
January 2006, Volume 17, Issue 1
Excerpts from the Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change, signed by five opposition parties and nine national figures in Syria on October 16. The preamble to the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and the Code of Conduct for International Election Observers, endorsed on October 27 at the United Nations by 21 international organizations…
October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 4
A review of recent elections in Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mauritius, Poland, and Suriname.
October 2005, Volume 16, Issue 4
Excerpts from speeches given at an August 29 Warsaw event commemorating the anniversary of the "Polish August" of 1980 by former Solidarity advisor and foreign minister Bronislaw Geremek and President Aleksander Kwasniewski. Excerpts from the http://www.ndi.org/asi/about/declaration/bamako_declaration.pdfBamako Declaration of the African Statesmen Initiative issued by more than a dozen former heads of state and government after…
July 2005, Volume 16, Issue 3
A review of recent elections in Bulgaria, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Suriname, Tajikistan, Togo, and Simbabwe.
July 2005, Volume 16, Issue 3
Excerpts from a joint statement to the Kyrgyz nation issued by Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko and Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili on March 31. Excerpts from the Madrid Agenda, adopted by the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism, and Security in Madrid on March 8-11. Excerpts from a letter to Javier Solana, EU high representative for common…
April 2005, Volume 16, Issue 2
A review of recent elections in Central African Republic, Croatia, Ghana, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Micronesia, Moldova, Mozambique, Niger, Palestinian Territories, Somaliland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe.
April 2005, Volume 16, Issue 2
Excerpts from a February 18 statement by the Lebanese opposition, declaring a “Nonviolent Intifada of Independence and Democracy.” Excerpts from a speechby Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko, delivered on Kyiv’s Independence Square after he was sworn in on January 23. Excerpts from Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s October 20 inaugural address. Excerpts from inaugural remarks by…
January 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1
A review of recent elections in Afghanistan, Botswana, Czech Republic, Ghana, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Romania, Slovenia, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine, and Uruguay.
January 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1
An excerpt from a declaration issued by the International Committee for Democracy in Cuba, after its meeting in Prague on September 17-19. An open letter issued by leading European and North American democrats to the heads of state and government of the EU and NATO decrying Russian president Vladimir Putin's series of "reforms" aimed at…
October 2004, Volume 15, Issue 4
A review of recent elections in Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Philippines, and Serbia.
October 2004, Volume 15, Issue 4
An excerpt from incumbent Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s June 30 inaugural address. Excerpts from The Doha Declaration for Democracy and Reform, a statement issued by more than a hundred participants at a June 3-4 conference in Doha sponsored by Qatar University’s Center for Gulf Studies. Also excerpted is a speech opening the conference by Qatar’s…
July 2004, Volume 15, Issue 3
Reports on recent elections in Algeria, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Panama, Philippines, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan.
July 2004, Volume 15, Issue 3
Excerpts from the Alexandria Declaration, a document emanating from a March 2004 conference on Arab reform convened under the auspices of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak at Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Excerpts from an initiative on political reform issued by the first Arab Civil Forum on March 22, meeting in advance of the Arab Summit in Tunis.…
April 2004, Volume 15, Issue 2
Reports on recent elections in Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Iran, Russia, and Serbia.
April 2004, Volume 15, Issue 2
Excerpts from a United Nations report on the feasibility of early elections and possible alternatives in Iraq. Excerpts from an inaugural address by Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili delivered in Tbilisi on January 25. Excerpts from a letter signed by more than 100 reformist Iranian parliamentarians criticizing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for approving the Guardian…
January 2004, Volume 15, Issue 1
Brief reports on elections in Azerbaijan, Croatia, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Mauritania, Rwanda, and Serbia.
January 2004, Volume 15, Issue 1
Excerpts from a November 2003 interview with Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize. Excerpts from a September 2003 speech by Hossein Khomeni, grandson of the founder and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Excerpts from a September 2003 statement issued by Václav Havel, Arpád Göncz, and…
October 2003, Volume 14, Issue 4
Brief reports on elections in Cambodia, Jordan, Kuwait, Mexico, and Rwanda.
