It is futile to blame the crisis for the shortcomings of multilateral instruments; at the end of the day, were these mechanisms not designed precisely to solve complex crises?
Tag: democracy
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In both Poland and in Hungary, conservative social policies have sought to restrict abortion, declared conservative Christian teaching to be the guiding principle behind state policy (despite low religiosity in Hungary, and the constitutional separation of Church and state in Poland), and attempted to criminalize individual ties to the former communist regimes.
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With DRC President Kabila becoming increasingly emboldened in his actions to extend his political longevity, it would be difficult to believe that travel and financial embargoes alone will sway the incumbent from delivering the coup de grace to his country’s hopes of achieving a democratic transfer of power in the near-term.
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With more than 60 deaths in the last two months of protests, the risk for Venezuela to fall into a spiral of violence is high.
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ECOWAS has issue a stern warning to the country’s paralyzed polity, voicing its grave concern regarding what it sees as “a deteriorating socio-political situation in the country.”
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Across Myanmar’s history, personalized power has been the norm. Loyalty is to the leader, not to the institution, and when key officials are chosen today they are described as loyal to an individual, not an institution or ideal.
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Examples from Ethiopia, Egypt, and Russia indicate that as civic space shrinks, traditional models of professionalized civil society work come under pressure.
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A presidential system, particularly when coupled with a two-round electoral system, may break majoritarian despotism just as easily as it can make it.
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In the midst of a historically severe economic crisis and overall discontent with the government, the overt attack against democratic institutions was the push those who oppose the government needed to attract significant support domestically and abroad.
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In the end it appears Mohammed VI was fed up with the nearly six months of horse trading, which had caused serious administrative delays in the North African kingdom, including around the passing of the 2017 finance bill and the legislation to allow Morocco to rejoin the African Union.
