Democracy Lab Weekly Brief, June 8, 2012
[Editor’s note: Democracy Lab was operating on a reduced schedule for organizational reasons this week, but we’ll be back to the regular rhythm come Monday.] And now, this week’s offerings from our bloggers: Mohamed El Dahshan writes about the less-than-inspiring choices facing voters after the first round of Egypt’s presidential elections. Min Zin marks the ...
[Editor's note: Democracy Lab was operating on a reduced schedule for organizational reasons this week, but we'll be back to the regular rhythm come Monday.]
[Editor’s note: Democracy Lab was operating on a reduced schedule for organizational reasons this week, but we’ll be back to the regular rhythm come Monday.]
And now, this week’s offerings from our bloggers:
Mohamed El Dahshan writes about the less-than-inspiring choices facing voters after the first round of Egypt’s presidential elections.
Min Zin marks the first anniversary of Burma’s continuing civil war.
Francisco Toro reports on the latest twist in the continuing saga of Hugo Chávez’s cancer.
And Jackee Batanda takes a look at the latest tech success stories from Uganda.
And here are this week’s recommended reads:
Freedom House released their Nations in Transit report for the year 2012, documenting democracy and governance throughout the Former Soviet Union and ex-communist Europe.(Above, opposition deputies in the Ukrainian parliament cover their seats with the Ukrainian flag, in protest of a controversial bill over the status of the Russian language in the country.)
Following Egypt’s ex-President Mubarak’s sentencing, Nathan J. Brown at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace gives a guide to understanding the various institutions in the Egyptian judicial system.
NPR looks at the internal jostling over the future of Tunisia’s post-Arab Spring path, as manifested in the sale of alcohol.
Brian Whitmore of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty analyzes the Russian crackdown on the opposition as a sign of weakness in the power vertical.
The International Republican Institute publishes a survey on Cuban public opinion.
The Transnational Institute summarizes the on-going changes in Burma in their report, Burma at the Crossroads.
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