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Democracy That Delivers #251: The Future of Democracy with Solidarity Center’s Executive Director, Shawna Bader-Blau

03.16.2021 |

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, our host Ken Jaques and our co-host and Executive Director, Andrew Wilson, are joined by Solidarity Center’s Executive Director, Shawna Bader-Blau. This discussion is the second podcast in our series titled, The Future of Democracy. Shawna Bader-Blau sh...

Democracy That Delivers #248: The Future of Democracy with NDI’s President, Derek Mitchell

03.02.2021 |

The events of January 6th changed the way we look at our democracy. Democracy work is more important than ever and our new series titled, The Future of Democracy, takes a deep dive into the ways we approach our work. Our host Ken Jaques and co-host Andrew Wilson, CIPE’s Executive Director, kick o...

Promoting Democracy is the Key to Eradicating Corruption and Violent Extremism in the Sahel

02.09.2021

For many in the Sahel, 2021 signals the continuation of a degrading situation, burdened by multiple crises, with no end in sight. 2020 marked the deadliest year for civilians in the central Sahel, with more than 6,600 civilians killed in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger between October 2019 and the end...

Democracy That Delivers #242: Moldova’s Parliamentary Elections, Economic Reforms, and Anti-Corruption Efforts with MP Dumitru Alaiba

02.02.2021 |

Democracy is a journey, not a destination. Around the world, uprisings and challenges are familiar to many democratic political leaders. But there are always paths to progress. For example, political leaders in Moldova are working hard to build democratic norms and strengthen the country’s instit...

Does 2021 Bring A Looming Constitutional Crisis in Nepal?

01.27.2021

The personal interests of Nepal’s political leaders do not align with the aspirations of Nepali citizens. That is why the fate of the world’s youngest federal democracy is again uncertain. When the country held general elections in 2017, giving the federal government a two-third majority, there ...

Volatile Ethnic Conflict in the Sahel

11.24.2020

There is no viable development without peace, and there is no sustainable peace without development. In the Sahel, security has long been at the heart of development challenges and includes a constantly evolving set of stakeholders and complexities. The G5 Sahel countries – Mali, Ma...

Economic Transitions and Political Transitions: What’s the Big Deal?

11.11.2020

The past year has not been kind to democracy. Social and economic dislocations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the growing appeal of authoritarianism have dealt twin shocks to the attractiveness of consultative and representative forms of government worldwide. As analysts and politicians ...

Democracy That Delivers #228: Inter-Afghan Peace Negotiations, with Mohammed Nasib

10.16.2020 |

We are joined by Mohammed Nasib, CIPE Country Director for Afghanistan, and Babak Yektafar, CIPE Senior Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa. They discuss the work that CIPE has done in Afghanistan to help the country’s democratic development and assess how that work and futur...

Familiar Challenges in Thailand’s New COVID-19 Reality

09.16.2020

Frustration at Thailand’s government is boiling over. The country’s leaders are censoring their critics and targeting opposition parties, limiting even the narrow space normally available for democratic involvement in governing. Now, adding fuel to that fire, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented...

The Impact of the Hong Kong National Security Law on the Private Sector

09.15.2020

The situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated dramatically since the passage of the National Security Law on June 30. In the past several months, we have seen impacts ranging from the disbandment of several prominent pro-democracy political groups, the firing of two faculties who are linked to democra...