Safe Communities–Part 2: Crime and Violence Preven...
At the beginning of 2016, IRI partnered with the Government of Canada’s Center for Expertise on Fragile and Conflict-Affected States,…
Turkish Nationalist Party at a Turning Point: Cons...
Turkish politics reveals a number of features of a dominant-party system. For the last 14 years, the ruling AK Party…
Freedom Day: Recommitting ourselves to democracy i...
Today is Freedom Day in South Africa. Twenty-two years ago, the country held its first democratic elections in which people…
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Proof of Democracy’s Indomita...
I recently heard Russian democratic activist Vladimir Kara-Murza speak movingly to an American audience about leadership, human freedom and the…
Minutes, Hours, Days and Hope after the Brussels A...
Flying in and out of the Brussels airport on a weekly basis, and sometimes even more frequently, I was lucky…
Western Balkans, Bosnia Facing New Challenges...
Just a few days after the deadly Paris terrorist attacks, 34-year-old Enes Omeragic walked into a small betting shop in…
Meet the Future: Elmehdi Sidi Abdalla- Mauritanian...
In October, 2015, Generation Democracy hosted its first event outside the U.S. in Dakar, Senegal and brought together 45 young…
Serbia’s Elections: A Silver Cloud with a Dark Lin...
As expected, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) dominated Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Serbia by winning around half…
Making Hometowns Safe and Prosperous in Central Am...
People don’t want to live where their lives are threatened, where there is no work, or where there is no…
Mauritania: A Look at Civil Society
Democratic societies require vibrant civil society sectors that enable citizens to freely influence public decision-making, work as problem solvers and…
Corruption: The Pothole of Democracy
It is critical for cities to fight corruption in order to ensure vibrant democracy and economic growth – this is…
Meeting the Future Generation of Mauritanian Leade...
We must do more to empower youth to participate in democracy on the African continent. No country personifies the need…