Is the European Union supporting democracy in its neighbourhood?
By Jos Boonstra, Julia Choucair Vizoso, Ana Echagüe, Balázs Jarábik, Kristina Kausch, Richard Youngs (19/12/2008)
This book aims to enhance understanding of the EU’s role in promoting human rights and democratic norms in the European Neighbourhood. It does so through a detailed study of the different EU instruments available to support democracy and human rights improvements, focusing on the cases of Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Ukraine, Belarus and Azerbaijan.
Defending human rights and promoting democracy
By Jos Boonstra (19/12/2008)
This Activity Brief presents the conclusions of the roundtable on Euro-Atlantic approaches towards Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the field of democracy and human rights, held in Madrid on Friday 12 December. The meeting was organised by FRIDE and CEPS, with the support of the Human Rights Office of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, and brought together a group of 25 researchers, academics, human rights activists, NGO representatives and Spanish policy-makers.
Publishing groups: EUCAM Project
Interviews with Kjell Magne Bondevik and Sadig al-Mahdi
By Publicaciones FRIDE (22/09/2008)
Club of Madrid Members Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway, and Sadig al-Mahdi, former Prime Minister of Sudan, led a series of dialogue missions in 2007 and 2008 to further democratic reform and freedom of association in Bahrain, Jordan and Morocco in 2007 and 2008.
Publishing groups: Freedom of association in the Middle East and North Africa
China: democratising one-party rule?
By Shaun Breslin (11/09/2008)
A more consultative form of politics is emerging in China. Questioning the one-party state is still not deemed legitimate and the demand for democratic change is hard to gauge.
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The driving force behind the ushering in of a more open form of politics is the Chinese Communist Party's 'National Project'.
Is the EU serious about democracy in Lebanon?
By Julia Choucair Vizoso (12/08/2008)
Europe is deeply involved in and affected by the situation in Lebanon. From the European Union’s perspective, Lebanon’s security is vital for the security of the entire Mediterranean region, which is judged to be producing increasingly serious threats to the EU’s own stability and strategic security.
Publishing groups: How serious is the EU about supporting democracy and human rights in its neighbourhood?
Europe and the Middle East: In the Shadow of September 11
