Gamal’s dilemma
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Further to this post, check out the item on the dilemma confronting Gamal Mubarak and Egypt’s ruling NDP in the latest issue of Carnegie’s must-read Arab Reform Bulletin.
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Gamal’s dilemma
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Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): National Endowment for Democracy Employment opportunities include: Research Associates – Fellows Program, Program Officer for Middle East and North Africa, Business Systems Engineer, Manager, Finance, Manager, Grants Administration, Program Assistant for Europe, Program Assistant for Middle East and North Africa, Human Resources Generalist Call for Applications: Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellowships The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program at the Washington,
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Will Putin be hit on the head by history?
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Will Vladimir Putin’s vulgar dismissal of Russia’s democratic dissidents come to haunt him? And is his power vertical the principal impediment to the elite’s superpower aspirations? Police arrested over 100 activists at last weekend’s Strategy 31 rally, including leading opposition activists Boris Nemtsov and Konstantin Kosyakin, although another organizer, former Soviet dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva, was not
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Will Putin be hit on the head by history?
Non-sectarian forces gaining in Bosnia
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The multi-ethnic opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the ruling Bosnian Serb party, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), would emerge as the country’s strongest political force if Bosnia held elections today, Balkan Insight reports. The report draws on a public opinion survey conducted by the National Democratic Institute, the Washington-based democracy assistance group.
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Non-sectarian forces gaining in Bosnia
Egypt: US should support democratic reform or risk stoking radicalism
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Egyptian democracy advocates today warned that the Obama Administration will jeopardize prospects for Middle East peace and boost the region’s “dark forces” if it colludes in the dynastic succession of President Hosni Mubarak’s son. The U.S.
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Egypt: US should support democratic reform or risk stoking radicalism
Debating ‘moderate’ Islam
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The debate over Islam, democracy and modernity continues in this insightful Wall Street Journal symposium on moderate Islam. Muslims need not discard their beliefs and traditions in order to embrace pluralism and modernity, writes Anwar Ibrahim, opposition leader in Malaysia. Holding fast to the principles of democracy, freedom and human rights, these hundreds of millions of
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Debating ‘moderate’ Islam
Islamist rule for Egypt?
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Is the Muslim Brotherhood a viable alternative to the current Egyptian regime? Dissident sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim and Muhammad ‘Ali Ibrahim, editor of the pro-government daily Al-Gumhouriyya, debate the issue.
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Islamist rule for Egypt?
Russia’s civil society coming of age?
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): With dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators arrested today in the latest protests over freedom of assembly, does Vladimir Putin’s latest outburst against his critics suggest that the democratic opposition is finally getting under his skin?
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Russia’s civil society coming of age?
After such action, no forgiveness….
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The FT’s Gideon Rachman can’t be the only one to object to the hype and hatred accompanying this week’s publication of Tony Blair’s memoirs. “Blair made his fateful decision on Iraq for reasons that were both honorable and understandable,” he writes: The years after the Kosovo war were the heyday of liberal interventionism on both sides of
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After such action, no forgiveness….
Turkey’s turning, but which way?
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Will Turkey become more or less democratic following the September 12 referendum on proposed constitutional amendments? The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) insists that the changes are designed to democratize the constitution and introduce European-style rights for women, children and minorities. But their critics contend that the reform will politicize the judiciary and undermine the country’s
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Turkey’s turning, but which way?
And the new Freedom House executive director is….
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Freedom House has appointed David J. Kramer as the organization’s new executive director. Currently a Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, Kramer served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from March 2008 to January 2009. “David Kramer is highly respected within the democracy and human rights field and across the
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IPI joins Turkish media organisations in launch of campaign against imprisonment of journalists
International Freedom of Expression eXchange: According to IPI’s Turkey National Committee, over 700 journalists are currently facing lawsuits and the threat of imprisonment.
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IPI joins Turkish media organisations in launch of campaign against imprisonment of journalists
Iraqi democracy: glass half-empty or half-full?
Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The jury is still out on the prospects for Iraq’s fragile democracy, judging by the commentaries preceding President Obama’s speech on the end of U.S.
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Iraqi democracy: glass half-empty or half-full?
Two TV stations have licences revoked, could face criminal charges
International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Privately-run TV stations TVi and 5 Kanal were the only two independent and unbiased channels left in the country, according to the Ukrainian media watchdog Telekritika.
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Two TV stations have licences revoked, could face criminal charges
Shots fired at windows of newspaper office
International Freedom of Expression eXchange: “Svitlytsa” newspaper had recently published reports that were critical of the local authorities.
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Shots fired at windows of newspaper office
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