Democracy Promotion Publications
Climate Change Adaptation and Peacebuilding in Africa: An Adaptation Partnership Workshop Report
Apr 04, 2013A workshop report focused on three areas of intersection that have dominated discussions of climate and security links in developing country contexts. more
SEGURIDAD DEMOCRÁTICA: DE LAS PROPUESTAS A LA IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
Mar 14, 2013As part of a series of activities supported by the Andean Development Corporation (Corporación Andina de Fomento, CAF) the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Latin American Program and the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) of Argentina sponsored a conference in Buenos Aires on citizen security in the Southern Cone. more
Peña Nieto’s Cabinet: What Does It Tell Us About Mexican Leadership?
Mar 12, 2013An analysis of cabinet leadership in Mexico has always provided insights into political recruitment trends for the policy-making leadership in general. This essay briefly analyzes the backgrounds of the twenty-two cabinet secretaries and important cabinet-level agencies, and the president, and compares them with equivalent leadership, where appropriate, from three prior presidential periods. Those consist of the cabinet members from the pre-democratic era, 1935-1988, from the democratic transition, 1988-2000, and from the democratic era, 2000-2013. more
Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico: Where Things Stand Now
Feb 15, 2013This paper gives an overview of Mexico’s judicial reform process and where things stand now that the Peña Nieto government has assumed the presidency from Felipe Calderón. A key challenge in tracking the reform continues to be the unavailability of systematic data on institutional changes; Ingram’s paper highlights the weakness in data availability but his measures of reform progress also contribute to ameliorating this weakness. more
Africa’s Long Spring
Jan 23, 2013Long before it came to the Arab world, spring swept through sub-Saharan Africa. In 1990, Mozambique drafted its first multiparty, democratic constitution. The next year saw multiparty elections in what had been one-party states in Benin, Gabon, and Zambia, as well as the overthrow of Mali’s dictator and, subsequently, the election of new leaders. Every succeeding year brought new steps forward for democracy—in Ghana, Kenya, and the Republic of the Congo in 1992, and elsewhere on the continent in subsequent years. The world only paid attention when South Africa joined the ranks of democratic nations in 1994. more
In the Lurch Between Government and Chaos: Unconsolidated Democracy in Mexico
Jan 01, 2013To move forward, reforms must be ambitious. Simply reforming one institution in a sea of lawlessness leads nowhere; there must be a wide-ranging transformation of the political regime. Mexico's challenge is therefore to build modern, competent democratic institutions that are capable of engaging in good governance - only then will they be able to expand economic opportunity and restore economic growth. more
e-Dossier No. 32 - Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty
Dec 06, 2012CWIHP is pleased to announce the addition a new document collection to its online Digital Archive. This release contains newly-declassified US government documents obtained by A. Ross Johnson for his book 'Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty: The CIA Years and Beyond.' UPDATE - 6 new documents added December 2012. more
A 21st Century Vision for U.S. Global Media
Nov 15, 2012Drawing on past work supported by the Cold War International History Program, the A. Ross Johnson and R. Eugene Parta apply lessons from successful U.S. international broadcasting during the Cold War to today’s transformed geopolitical, media, and technological world. They suggest a restatement of mission and corresponding organizational changes to ensure that international broadcasting remains an effective instrument of U.S. soft power – one supporting freedom and democracy abroad in the national interest. more
International Support for Justice Reform in Latin America: Worthwhile or Worthless?
Aug 31, 2012This paper examines international support for judicial reform in Latin America, exploring several questions. more
