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2 06, 2021

NDI Training on Movement Based Parties (USA)

2021-06-02T19:31:08+01:00June 2nd, 2021|

Trainer at the Session on the “Movement Based Parties” (Washington) Session trainers: Renne Traicova, Senior Advisor (USAID) Dickson Omondi, Regional Director (NDI) Dr. Fernando Casal Bertoa, Associate Professor (University of Nottingham) Moderator: Sef Ashiagbor, Senior Advisor (NDI)

31 05, 2021

‘Return to Normalcy?’ The 2021 Legislative Elections in the Republic of Cyprus

2021-05-31T08:50:52+01:00May 31st, 2021|

By Direnç Kanol (Near East University, Cyprus) The Republic of Cyprus is the only state with a presidential system in the EU. The House of Representatives is constituted by 56 Greek Cypriots and three observer members of the Latin, Armenian, and Maronite communities. In theory, 24 seats are reserved for the Turkish Cypriots which reflects [...]

25 05, 2021

Stein Rokkan Lecture (Czechia)

2021-06-02T19:31:21+01:00May 25th, 2021|

Stein Rokkan House Lecture at the 2021 ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops (Prague) Speakers: Dr. Milada Anna Vachudova, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) Dr. Lenka Bustikova, Arizona State University (USA) Prof. Zsolt Enyedi, Central European University (Hungary) Prof. Ondrej Cisar, Charles University (Prague) Dr. Fernando Casal Bertoa, University of Nottingham Moderator: [...]

30 04, 2021

Russian factor in Georgian politics – ghost, host or not the scariest one?

2021-04-30T12:36:50+01:00April 30th, 2021|

By Arunas Grazulis (Political consultant) and Tamuna Bagratia (Independent expert) The political turmoil that marked the this winter in Georgia, starting from the questionable elections, peaking in detention of prominent opposition figure, resignation of Prime Minister, and did not ending with the international attempts to mitigate the domestic crisis, naturally raises multiple questions, the common [...]

27 04, 2021

The illusion of fixing all of Albania’s democracy problems through general elections

2021-04-27T10:05:43+01:00April 27th, 2021|

By Alba Brojka (Independent expert) Expectations were high for the general elections in Albania on 25th of April, as were the stakes. Albanian citizens were to decide who would fill the 140 seats in their Parliament while in the existing term 75 were held by the Socialist Party, a comfortable majority. The country’s politics have [...]

7 04, 2021

Seminar in Italy

2021-04-07T16:37:14+01:00April 7th, 2021|

Presentation on "Party System Closure: Causes and Consequences for Democracy" at the "Robert Elgie" Brown Bag Seminar Series (Sapienza University, Rome) WATCH SUMMARY