The Emerging Field of Political Innovation
Civil society has attended to social problems for decades while intentionally refraining from overt engagement with politics. But a new…
Geographical Coverage: Global
2023 Summit Highlights Video: Preparing for the 2024 Mega Election Year
2024 presents a mega election year with an expected two billion voters across 50 countries heading to the polls. In…
Democracy is under attack but a new approach to “political innovation” is helping to revitalize it
To counter increasing polarization, populism, inequality and authoritarianism, a new civil society approach to “political innovation” is supporting citizen-led innovations…
We need an inspiring culture of democracy: Start by making International Democracy Day a holiday
International Democracy Day, a holiday that deserves much gravitas but is virtually unknown outside of the elite halls of multinational…
Our 2022 Annual Report – Working our way back to peace
The Kofi Annan Foundation continued to apply an innovation lens to its own work in 2022. We established many new…
Preventing Violent Extremism: A Training Guide
Empowering young people to prevent violent extremism – A guide to help young activists train their peers on preventing violent…
A Growing World
How do the generations differ? How does population growth and aging affect the world? We provide an overview of the…
Unsilenced: Empowering Human Rights Defenders in Exile
The McCain Institute invites you to join the event, “Unsilenced: Empowering Human Rights Defenders in Exile” on Wednesday, Dec. 13,…
World becoming flatter for authoritarian regimes
In the present era of globalization, major authoritarian powers have nestled themselves in the slipstream of global informational, technological, and…
Setting democratic ground rules for AI: civil society strategies
With recent leaps in the development of AI, we are experiencing a seismic shift in the balance of power between…