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Dalai Lama urges Suu Kyi to address Rohingya tensions

     

  The horrific violence in the Middle East, which in the case of Syria has led to the greatest refugee crisis in a generation, and appalling terrorist attacks — as we were sadly… Read more »

Perfect sandstorm? High stakes in the Sahel

     

There is only one region in which Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and ISIS have all emerged as major threats – the Sahel. United Nations secretary-general Ban… Read more »

Money and media problems marred elections in 2015

     

  Flawed and failed elections around the world last year were manipulated through vote rigging and corruption, intimidation, and violence, according to new evidence from the Electoral Integrity Project: Political… Read more »

Empower women to counter violent extremism

     

A major new study released on International Women’s Day offers insight into how non-violent Islamist ideology overlaps with the violent Islamism of groups including Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda (AQ). The… Read more »

World’s most fragile states threaten global stability

     

  The states of Libya and Syria have deteriorated the most over the last decade, posing the greatest threats to global stability, according to the Fragile States Index. “Reflective of… Read more »

January 2009 Bulletin

     

Subscribe to the Democracy Digest Blog RSS feed here.     Contents Obama’s inaugural – nuanced support for democracy assistance? Engage Iran’s ‘grand alliance’ for reform Afghanistan: corruption and ‘legitimacy… Read more »

   

October 2008 Bulletin

     

Democracy Digest Get a regular Democracy Digest update by subscribing to the RSS feed or subscribe to the feed by e-mail.   Inside this Issue: Economic crisis could turn democracy’s… Read more »