Support for Emerging Parties is the Best Way to En...
For two days in May, IRI and Ciudadanos (Cs), the Spanish center-right party, hosted the Emerging Parties Summit in Madrid.…
A Central African Youth Leader’s Experience at IRI...
IRI’s 2018 Generation Democracy Global Summit, held in Vienna, Austria from May 23-29, 2018, brought together a group of dynamic…
Cybersecurity and the 2019 European Parliament Ele...
With one year to go before elections to the European Parliament in May 2019, Europe’s political parties are staring down…
Persistence: The Corner Stone of a Strong Democrac...
I am blessed to have a job where I am inspired every day by the work IRI does– working alongside…
“Now, I Dare to Say that I’m Elected”: Making Loca...
When the IRI team in Morocco first met Farida Ait El Mouden, a Tarmigte Communal Councilor, in January of last…
After Electoral Boycott, Venezuela’s Opposition Fa...
On May 20, President Nicolas Maduro won re-election in a hastily arranged snap vote dubbed a sham by a large…
Access to Information is the Keystone to Open, Eff...
“Access to information is a human right but, more importantly, it is a tool to realize other rights.” — National…
Why Women Are Not Participating in Politics in Gha...
I recently traveled to Ghana as an observer to support IRI’s research project on identifying the barriers to women’s participation…
A Data-Driven Approach to Understanding Kremlin Di...
Disinformation campaigns often exploit existing cleavages within democratic societies or seek to sow doubt in democratic processes or institutions. These…
Western Balkans: The Strategic Role of Women in Co...
As the looming issue of rehabilitation and reintegration of foreign fighters begins to saturate the Western Balkans, policy leaders are…
Resolution Civic Tech
Ten years ago, civic tech was the edgy space where those “technology people” were scheming and concocting, intent on upsetting…
You’ve Been Elected to Parliament – Now What...
Countless hours of preparation and work go into running for parliament. Once elected, it might seem like the hard work…