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Insights into North Macedonia’s path towards EU integration: A Q&A with Monika Zajkova, President of the Liberal Democratic Party and Member of Parliament.

Predrag Momčilović, who is a Serbian activist, researcher, and journalist, shares his thoughts on the recent election and the people's struggle for democracy.

Bent Nicolajsen, who works for the Danish Liberal Democracy Programme, attended the Kenyan Democracy Festival and brought his camera - see some of the stunning images.

Danish political parties work internationally for more gender equality. The message is clear: More women should take a seat at the political table in countries around the world during the upcoming local elections, including in Denmark.

In 2024, half of the world’s population will vote in elections. In some countries, we can follow with excitement. In other places – such as Russia – we already know who is going to win. But what compels dictators to hold these electoral charades?

Mathias Parsbaek Skibdal, Acting Director, shares his thoughts on the global state of democracy, reflecting on the previous year while also looking forward with hope.

BRICS, led by China, has gained five new members as of January 1, 2024. But rather than consolidating the group, the BRICS expansion will only reduce the little cohesion there was. And the question remains: will the expansion create even greater competition for leadership in the Global South?

Colombia has held its local elections, and volunteers from the Red-Green Alliance served as international election observers. The volunteers spoke with several female candidates about their motivation for running for office as well as the challenges they face as women in an unstable democratic system.

The military leader of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traore, has stated that elections are no longer a priority. What does this mean for the pending political parties and the democratic future of Burkina Faso?

Africa's democracies are experiencing one coup d’état after another, while there is growing popular political activism and simultaneous crises.

On September 19, Azerbaijan invaded the ethnically Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh and subsequently incorporated the area into its territory. The conflict has driven over 100,000 people to flee to Armenia within a month, causing significant political division in the former Soviet state, which had previously been one of the world's leading nations in terms of democratic progress over the past decade.

While Georgia has been moving in a democratic direction since its independence, the ruling party is turning towards authoritarianism and has become increasingly pro-Russian. DIPD has spoken with Levan Tsutskiridze, Executive Director of the Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy (EECMD), about Georgia's deteriorating democracy.

World leaders have been too focused on solving increasing autocratisation through top-down methods such as conventions, bilateral agreements, and sanctions. Maybe new methods are needed?

In recent years, there has been a change in attitude among Nepalese voters in favour of electing young politicians. A collaboration between Nepalese political parties, DIPD, and the Social Liberal Party of Denmark focuses on several initiatives to promote youth leadership in Nepal, and the youth are seizing the opportunity.

Thailand went to the polls in May 2023, and surprisingly, one of the country's newest opposition parties, the Move Forward Party, won. Regardless of this, conservative forces have acquired power and kept the party out of office. DIPD spoke with one of the key figures of Move Forward about youth involvement and the future of a democratic Thailand.

The representation of youth in politics is a huge problem in almost every country in the world. But what inspires the ones who defy the odds and join youth politics, and what is it like to work in politics as a young person? DIPD has spoken with two youth politicians – one from Denmark and one from the Philippines.

August 15, 2023, marks the two-year date for the hastily withdrawal of international troops and diplomats from Afghanistan. The Taliban takeover has erased 20 years of equality rights development in just two years, as women and girls are increasingly being excluded from civic life. Nargis Nehan, former Minister in Afghanistan, provides her perspectives on the last two years and hopes for her country’s future.

Abiodun Odunuga from Nigeria was invited to participate in DIPD's engagement at the Danish Democracy Festival, Folkemødet. Abiodun offered his views and perspectives on political youth engagement in Africa. In this article he recounts his personal experience attending the festival.

Daryna Onyshko from Ukraine was invited to take part in DIPD’s engagement at the Danish Democracy Festival, The People’s Meeting, to provide her knowledge on youth participation in politics. In this article, she shares her thoughts on this experience.

In 2022, the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua shut down more than 2,000 Non-Government Organisations. The political leaders of the country has a long history of oppressing civil society, political opposition, and media. DIPD has talked to the umbrella organisation, AMS-OSC, which is currently working in exile in Costa Rica due to the political situation inside Nicaragua. AMS-OSC works for democratic and social change in Nicaragua in partnership with the Danish political party, the Red-Green Alliance. Together, they try to mobilise social movements in hope of a stronger democratic future for the citizens of the country.