30 Years After Tiananmen: Democracy More Urgent than Ever
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- 30 mai 2019
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#rezist: Protest in Romania
- 9 mars 2017
by Teodor Lucian Moga
In the past weeks, Romanians have staged the largest mass protests since the country’s break from Communist rule in 1989. On Sunday, February 27, several thousand protesters gathered in front of the government building in Bucharest’s …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe Liberal Democratic World Order Is Falling Apart
- 13 janvier 2017
As a new year opens across the globe, the post-Second-World-War order and the global rule of law are losing out to the rule of individual men. From Russia to China to the EU, authoritarian rule is tightening its grip.
In …
EN SAVOIR PLUSBetween Past and Future: Canada’s Next Role in International Democracy Assistance
- 29 juillet 2016
by Gerald J. Schmitz
Where can Canada go from here in re-establishing its role as a partner in promoting democracy? Let us focus on four main areas: Parliament’s role, research capacity, stable funding, and healthy democracy at home.
- Parliament’s Role
Clarifying the Caretaker Convention
- 13 octobre 2015
by Philippe Lagassé
What is the caretaker convention? When does a period of caretaker government begin? When does it end?
These questions should be pretty simple to answer. Shortly after the federal election began, the Privy Council Office (PCO) released …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhen We Should, and Shouldn’t, Revoke Citizenship
- 30 septembre 2015
The long federal election campaign has been knocked off course at various stages by the unexpected: revelations from the Duffy trial; the accelerating Syrian refugee crisis; the niqab issue in citizenship ceremonies; and now, courtesy of Monday night’s Munk debate …
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There’s Weirder Stuff Than Niqabs at Stake in the Citizenship Oath
- 30 mars 2015
It was reported with mild fanfare this week that new rules of royal succession have come into effect, with all Commonwealth countries now assenting to give girls equal standing in the British monarchy’s line of succession. However, a group of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSSpring Into Summer? The Tunisian Elections
- 12 octobre 2014
by Bruce Montador
Tunisia will soon complete the transition begun when President Ben Ali fled in January 2011. Under a new constitution, it will elect a parliament (via regional lists) this month, and then a president.
Although the constitution gives …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDemocratic Emerging Powers and Democracy Promotion
- 16 décembre 2013
by Gerd Schönwälder
CIPS has just received the report on a conference it helped facilitate in October 2013 on the role of democratic emerging powers (DEPs)—such as India, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, and Turkey—in supporting democracy beyond their own borders. …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDemocracy Promotion and the Role of the ‘Democratic Emerging Powers’
- 9 octobre 2013
…EN SAVOIR PLUSby Gerd Schönwälder
A preview of the conference on ‘Promoting Democracy: What Role for the Emerging Powers?’ to take place at the University of Ottawa on October 15-16, 2013.
Millions around the world continue to name democracy as their preferred
