Gender Equality: Overcoming the “Lipstick Parliament”
What are the opportunities and challenges experienced by women to engage and participate in politics in federal countries? In the…
Geographical Coverage: Global
Federal Democracy And The Challenges Of Political Polarization
This document analyses how instead of witnessing a worldwide “federalist revolution” and continued democratization, we have reasons to be more…
A Guide to Strengthen the Role of Women in Peacebuilding: Developing Practical Negotiation Skills and Mediation Networks in the Americas
This guide compiles the insights and knowledge shared by Café Diplomatico 2022 expert practitioners at the on the use of…
Gender Equality And Federalism
This Report examines the role that governance structures – and more specifically federal and decentralized governance architectures – can play…
Reintegrating Warring Yemeni Forces: Lessons From Other Cases
This document explores how while the situation in Yemen remains fluid, any sustainable peace deal will require power sharing, a…
Sub-National Constitutions In Federal Systems
This document analyses how sub-national constitutions also form part of the overall constitutional framework for the federation.
Devolution and Federalism in Collapsed States: Constitutional Process and Design
This working paper examines the implications of state collapse for constitution-making and constitutional design, with a particular focus on devolution…
Natural Resources in Federal and Devolved Countries
The paper compares the differences between extractive resources—minerals and especially oil and gas—which can generate huge revenues for governments, and…
The Forum of Federations Handbook of Federal Countries 2020
Federal models of government have shaped history and demonstrated how diverse people can live together and govern together in relative…
COVID and Federalism: Taking the Temperature in 2022
This podcast explores how federal responses to COVID-19 have changed over the course of the crisis in Latin American, European,…