Analyses, articles, comments

Human Rights in Eastern Partnership Countries

The briefing paper Human Rights in Eastern Partnership Countries was requested by the European Parliament´s Subcommittee on Human Rights and commissioned by the Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union.


Walking the Tightrope of Democracy Aid

An analysis of the implementation of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (Country-Based Support Schemes) in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.

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TransAtlantic Policy Forum - Democracy Assistance in a TransAtlantic Perspective

This policy paper by Anna Michalski was written in the framework of the Transatlantic Policy Forum Project. The contributions to the paper come from John Glenn (GMFUS Washington), Pavol Demeš (GMFUS Bratislava), Thomas Melia (Freedom House), Michael Allen (NED) and Roel von Meijenfeldt (Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy). You can download this document here (202 KB).

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Publications

  • Democracy Delayed: Obstacles in Political Transition

    This collection of articles, compiled by Democracy Reporting International (DRI) and Institute for European Policy EUROPEUM, responds to requests made by some Arab reformers to deepen their knowledge of how political change in Eastern Europe unfolded. Rather than focussing on the successful transitions, it presents case studies which recall the difficulties, pitfalls and political missteps which jeopardised these countries’ transitions and even caused some of them to fail.

    The publication is available to download here.