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2025 Democracy Briefer for Funders: What's Happening to European Democracy and What Funders Can Do About It

Sevda Kilicalp, Nils Luyten

Brussels: Philanthropy Europe Association (2025), 52 pp.

"Democratic backsliding in recent years has been characterised by gradual, often legalistic shifts, rather than overt actions like coups. Europe is seeing worrying declines in electoral integrity, civil liberties and rule of law. There are several factors driving democratic backsliding in Europe, bu ... more

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Autoritarismus kommt vor dem Fall: Die Kirche als Regierungsopposition in Venezuela

Reiner Wilhelm

Herder-Korrespondenz, issue 5 (2025), pp. 44-46

"Die einstige Vorzeigedemokratie Venezuela ist seit der Regierungszeit von Hugo Chávez von Autoritarismus geprägt. Seit 2013 hält sich der Sozialist Nicolás Maduro zunehmend brutal an der Macht. Die Kirche versucht, dagegenzuhalten." (Einleitung)

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Ruanda 1994 bis heute: Vom Vorhof der Hölle zum Modell für Afrika - Wahrheit und Schein in Ruanda

Gerd Hankel

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2025), 170 pp.

"1994 kam es in Ruanda zu einem Völkermord, bei dem radikale Angehörige der Bevölkerungsgruppe der Hutus innerhalb von drei Monaten Hundertausende Menschen aus der Tutsi-Minderheit wie auch viele gemäßigte Hutus umbrachten. Gut 30 Jahre später gilt Ruanda vor allem in Europa und den USA als Vo ... more

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The Planalto riots: Making and unmaking a failed coup in Brazil

Lou Caffagni, Isabel Löfgren, Gizelle Martins, Paola Sartoretto (eds.)

Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2024), 254 pp.

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Afghanistan 2001-2021: Gewaltideologien und ein Hauch von offener Gesellschaft

Abbas Poya (ed.)

Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2024), 209 pp.

"Welchen Einfluss haben Gesinnungen der Gewalt auf die gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen in Afghanistan? Die internationalen Beiträger*innen richten ihren Blick auf linke, dschihadistische sowie talibanistische Ideologien und Praktiken in der jüngeren afghanischen Geschichte. Multiperspektivisch ze ... more

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Public Opinion Perspectives on Governance and Civil Society Organizations in Lebanon

Mirna Ghanem

Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation (2024), 47 pp.

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42 razones contra la ley antisocial: Argumentario contra la Ley de Fiscalización, Regularización, Actuación y Financiamiento de las Organizaciones no Gubernamentales y Afines

Caracas: Acceso a la Justicia (2024), 2 pp.

"En nuestro argumentario recopilamos 42 razones contra la Ley de Fiscalización, Regularización, Actuación y Financiamiento de las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales y Afine (Ley Antisociedad), cuya aprobación anulará el derecho de asociación en Venezuela y cerrará aún más el espacio cívico. ... more

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PsicoData Venezuela: Un retrato psicosocial

Danny Daniel Socorro, Luisa Angelucci, Ángel Oropeza, Adle Hernández, José Eduardo Rondón, Celibeth Guarín

Caracas: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Escuela de Psicología (2023), 39 slides

"Al adentrarse en el estudio de las características psicológicas de los venezolanos, el principal rasgo que sobresale es su complejidad y la presencia de elementos aparentemente contradictorios en su seno. En el caso concreto de las dimensiones que conforman una condición de vulnerabilidad, algun ... more

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Nueva mirada sobre Venezuela: Reflexiones para construir una visión compartida

Katharina Wegner, Manuel Zapata (coord.)

Caracas: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB); Fundación Centro Gumilla (2023), 258 pp.

"El libro que tiene en sus manos empieza con una perspectiva cristiana de la realidad venezolana, para después mirar el contexto latinoamericano y mundial. Sigue un panorama amplio del desarrollo político de la democracia en Venezuela, desde el modelo modernizador del siglo XX hasta el proyecto bo ... more

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The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance

Stephen Boucher, Carina Antonia Hallin, Lex Paulson (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2023), xxx, 522 pp.

"The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance explores the concepts, methodologies, and implications of collective intelligence for democratic governance, in the first comprehensive survey of this field. Illustrated by a collection of inspiring case studies and edit ... more

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Bridging Two Worlds: Comparing Classical Political Thought and Statecraft in India and China

Amitav Acharya, Daniel A. Bell, Rajeev Bhargava, Yan (eds.) Xuetong

Oakland, Cal.: University of California Press (2023), xi, 318 pp.

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Francisco José Virtuoso y la crisis de la democracia en Venezuela

Francisco José Virtuoso

Andrés Cañizález (comp.)

Caracas: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB); ABediciones; Fundación Centro Gumilla (2023), 279 pp.

"Hay que agradecer al profesor Andrés Cañizález el esfuerzo de haber hecho una selección y curaduría de un conjunto de textos del pensamiento del rector Francisco José Virtuoso, SJ, sobre el proceso político vivido en Venezuela desde finales de la década de los 80 hasta alcanzar el período ... more

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Open Society Barometer: Can Democracy Deliver?

Chanu Peiris, Natalie Samarasinghe

Open Society Foundations (2023), 45 pp.

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Populists and the Pandemic: How Populists Around the World Responded to Covid-19

Nils Ringe, Lucio Renno (eds.)

London; New York, NY: Routledge (2023), xx, 299 pp.

"Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the Covid-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals. The responses of some populist leaders have received much publ ... more

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Élites sin destino: Un especial periodístico sobre las élites latinoamericanos

Pere Ortín (ed.)

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 324 pp.

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Democracy Report 2022: Autocratization Changing Nature?

Vanessa A. Boese, Staffan I. Lindberg (eds.)

Gothenburg: V-Dem Institute (2022), 58 pp.

"The level of democracy enjoyed by the average global citizen in 2021 is down to 1989 levels. The last 30 years of democratic advances are now eradicated. Dictatorships are on the rise and harbor 70% of the world population – 5.4 billion people. There are signals that the nature of autocratization ... more

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Afrika und die Welt: Betrachtungen zur Globalgeschichte Afrikas in der Neuzeit

Arno Sonderegger

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2022), 335 pp.

"Bis heute hält sich der globale Norden für kompetent, Erwartungen an Afrika zu formulieren und dessen Entwicklungen zu bewerten Der Afrikawissenschaftler Arno Sonderegger zeichnet nach, wie Europäer aus imaginierter Überlegenheit heraus über Jahrhunderte den Sklavenhandel aus Afrika betrieben ... more

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Projecting Russia in a Mediatized World: Recursive Nationhood

Stephen C. Hutchings

London; New York: Routledge (2022), ix, 197 pp.

"This book presents a new perspective on how Russia projects itself to the world. Distancing itself from familiar, agency-driven International Relations accounts that focus on what 'the Kremlin' is up to and why, it argues for the need to pay attention to deeper, trans-state processes over which the ... more

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Brennpunkt Westafrika: Die Fluchtursachen und was Europa tun sollte

Olaf Bernau

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2022), 317 pp.

"Westafrika wird in Europa oft undifferenziert als Krisenregion wahrgenommen. Während fundierte Kenntnisse über die Geschichte und Gegenwart der dortigen Staaten vielfach fehlen, halten sich Stereotype über die Ursachen von Flucht und Migration in und aus Westafrika zäh. Der Soziologe Olaf Berna ... more

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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming? Russia’s Growing Presence in Africa and its Implication for European Policy

Guido Lanfranchi, Kars de Bruijne

The Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' (2022), 46 pp.

"The growth of Russia’s presence across Africa over the last decade has generated significant international concern, further exacerbated after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s engagement can affect the interests and policies of the European Union (EU) and its member states (MS) in Africa ... . How should European policymakers understand these developments and respond to them? To answer this question, this report looks at Russia’s engagement in Africa, reaching three main conclusions. First, Moscow’s engagement with Africa has so far remained limited as compared to that of other global players, particularly in the economic domain. The current level of (media) attention devoted to Russia’s role in Africa is thus not supported by sufficient evidence of its actual engagement in the continent. At the same time, however, the growth of Russia’s presence is a real trend. Second, Russian actors are guided by a rather loose strategy when it comes to Africa. The Russian state has some interests that act as a broad framework. However, the actual engagement is carried out not only by state actors, but also by state-backed conglomerates and politically connected private businesses. These latter actors have their own specific interests, which are not always fully aligned with those of the Russian state. While state actors are often driven by geopolitical considerations, Russian companies are more interested in economic opportunities. Third, Russia’s engagement in African countries is significantly shaped by the different national contexts and by the interests of African governments. For instance, in a strong state like Ethiopia, Russia’s engagement takes place exclusively at the governmental level. By contrast, in Sudan and Mali (contexts with weaker state structures), other Russian actors like private military companies (PMCs) and private businesses are involved. Yet, in all three cases, Moscow’s presence tends to grow when relations between African governments and their international partners (especially in the West) deteriorate, often in the wake of authoritarian turns. This shows the opportunistic nature of Russia’s engagement, as well as the complex trade-offs faced by EU/MS governments when engaging with African governments." (Executive summary) more