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The latest news and blog entries from IRI

July 21, 2015 –

Nigeria’s Democracy Success Story Is Not Over The Huffington Post By Chris Fomunyoh, Gretchen Birkle and Rushdi Nackerdien This week,…

July 20, 2015 –

Washington, DC – It is with great sadness that IRI has to announce the passing of a friend and colleague, Julija Belej…

July 20, 2015 –

Search for justice lags post-war boom in Ivory Coast Reuters By Joe Bavier July 20, 2015 BLOLEQUIN, Ivory Coast –…

July 15, 2015 –

Washington D.C. – On December 10, 1989, a group of 300 young Mongolians came together and announced the birth of…

July 14, 2015 –

Tunisia Needs U.S. Support for Democracy to Succeed The Hill.com By William R. Sweeney, Jr., Ambassador Mark Green and Leslie…

July 10, 2015 –

The Closing of the Russian Mind The Wall Street Journal By the Editorial Board Russia’s Federation Council, the upper chamber…

July 9, 2015 –

Putin’s Witch Hunt Targets ‘Foreign Agents’ and Intellectuals The Daily Beast By Anna Nemtsova MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin…

July 8, 2015 –

Russian Lawmakers Issue List of NGOs They Want Investigated Associated Press By Jim Heintz Russia’s upper house of parliament urged…

June 22, 2015 –

Bratislava, Slovakia – Senator John McCain, chairman of IRI’s Board of Directors, and Senator John Barrasso, visited IRI’s office in…

June 20, 2015 –

When the party rocks it’s good news for democracy Visegrad/Insight By Miriam Lexmann In the last decade, EU foreign aid…

June 19, 2015 –

Putin the uniter The Economist June 20, 2015 MIKHAIL ZABRODSKY, the broad-shouldered commander of Ukraine’s airborne troops, came of age…

June 10, 2015 –

Democracy Wins in Turkey The Hill.com By Mark Green Democracy can be a slow and frustrating process. It often requires…