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NEWSLETTER: Is Democracy Good for Peace? 

Helmets are not enough: What West Africa today tells us about the realities of conflict prevention

Democracy is pivotal in the pursuit for peace. The global conflict-prevention agenda that the UN Secretary-General seems committed to revitalizing is largely based on this assumption. 

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What's New

Oct
12
2018
Fellows with Mr Shane Donnelly, Clerk of the House of Assembly and Mr David Pearce, Clerk of Legislative Council and Staff. Photo credit: International IDEA

Fellows with Mr Shane Donnelly, Clerk of the House of Assembly and Mr David Pearce, Clerk of Legislative Council and Staff. Photo credit: International IDEA

Fellowship by Bhutan Parliament secretariat to Tasmania
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Oct
10
2018
Participants show text from Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after completing an activity. Photo Credit; International IDEA

Participants show text from Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after completing an activity. Photo Credit; International IDEA 

Electoral Processes - Development Policy in Practice Workshop
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Oct
09
2018
Cryptocurrency. Image: Mohamed Hassan

Cryptocurrency. Image: Mohamed Hassan

New technologies in political finance – an emerging trend
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Oct
05
2018
Photo Credit: Senado Federal@Flickr

Photo Credit: Senado Federal@Flickr

What to expect from the first round of Brazilian elections
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Upcoming Events

Participants from around the Asia Pacific region discuss 2017 Melbourne Forum's theme, "From Big Bang to Incrementalism: Choices and Challenges in Constitution Building", in the Philippines. Photo credit: DILIMAN

Participants from around the Asia Pacific region discuss 2017 Melbourne Forum's theme, "From Big Bang to Incrementalism: Choices and Challenges in Constitution Building", in the Philippines. Photo credit: DILIMAN

15 - 16 October 2018
Colombo, Sri Lanka
The Third Annual Melbourne Forum on Constitution-Building in Asia and the Pacific
The Melbourne Forum on Constitution Building is organized jointly by International IDEA and the Constitution Transformation Network at Melbourne Law School. The Melbourne Forum is an annual event that brings together practitioners and scholars from across the region to explore constitution-building themes of global importance from the perspective of states...
Image credit: FCSA, UAE

Image credit: FCSA, UAE

22 - 24 October 2018
Dubai, UAE
Panel: "New and innovative data and technologies for SDG 16 monitoring" at the UN Data Forum
The UN World Data Forum 2018 will be hosted by Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority, of United Arab Emirates from 22 to 24 October 2018, with support from the Statistics Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, under the guidance of the United Nations Statistical Commission and the 
Bruce Stokes. Image: Pew Research Center

Bruce Stokes. Image: Pew Research Center

22 October 2018
Stockholm, Sweden
Expert talk: Bruce Stokes on public attitudes and the state of US democracy
Join us for a discussion with Bruce Stokes (Director of Global Attitudes, Pew Research Center), where he will connect his research on public attitudes to data from International IDEA’s Global State of Democracy indices.
 
 
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21 September 2018

Democracy and Peace – symbiotic and mutually reinforcing

The relationship between democracy and peace is perhaps one of the more researched topics in political science. Is democracy good for peace? Or is it peace that leads to democracy? 

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