Repression and Resilience: Diagnosing Closing Space Mid-Pandemic
This study illustrates how democratic space was affected by the global pandemic, drawing on case studies from Burundi, Colombia, El…
Theme: Democracy
Bolstering Women’s Political Power: Lessons from the EU’s Gender Action Plan II
This article looks at the past five years of EU support for women’s political participation. It addresses the following questions:…
Louder than words? Connecting the dots of European democracy support
With this publication, the European for Democracy (EPD) offers its recommendations on the support to democracy by the EU and…
Thinking Democratically: a comprehensive approach to countering and preventing ‘shrinking space’
The paper aims to broaden the understanding of the different tactics that countries and governments use to close democratic space.…
European Democracy Support Annual Review 2021
This study offers a first annual review of European democracy-support policies. While there are now many widely consulted indices and…
Global Voting Platform
The tool, GVP for short (Global Voting Platform), is under development. As early as 2000, a website for global debates,…
A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century
Global challenges such as war, climate change, poverty and inequality are overwhelming nation-states and today’s international institutions. Doing the right…
A renewed world organization for the 21st century
Following the publication of the book A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century with Jo Leinen earlier…
On the need of a democratic global government
This post argues that the United Nations that represents the best governance model humanity could come up with for the…
A Voice for Global Citizens: a UN World Citizens’ Initiative
This report recommends that the United Nations (UN) should develop its democratic legitimacy through the creation of the instrument of…