🎥 In case you missed it, watch the 8th episode of #InstituteInsights, as ex Foreign Affairs Minister and IFI Associate Fellow Amb. Nassif Hitti - ناصيف حتي answers three questions on the relationship between Lebanese identity and the country's foreign policy, the main pillars of a realistic

Join us on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM for our upcoming discussion on "Inequality, Globalization and Democracy" featuring Branko Milanovic and Ishac Diwan, in this IFI, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at AUB's Department of Economics, and Institute of Financial Economics (IFE) at American University of Beirut event.

How do civil society organisations in France, Italy, Sweden & Poland support democracy in the EU’s Southern & Eastern Neighbourhoods? SHAPEDEM-EU researchers explore the role, priorities & challenges of CSOs in country case studies. Find out more 👉 shapedem-eu.eu/publications

📄Latest from SHAPEDEM-EU👇🏽 Read the executive summaries of the country case studies detailing local democratic politics in #Lebanon, #Palestine and #Tunisia, via the links below: ​🔵EU Democracy Support to Lebanon: Towards an Understanding of Local Voices and Contestation

🇦🇲 | EU-funded gender equality initiatives in Armenia face significant challenges. As a SHAPEDEM-EU gender equality fellow, Lilit Hakobyan highlights key gaps in aligning gender equality with democracy support in the country. Read the policy brief 👉shapedem-eu.eu/publications

As part of the SHAPEDEM-EU Project, our Institute held a hybrid workshop to discuss three research papers examining #EU policies and practices in #Lebanon, #Tunisia, and #Palestine. The focus was on the connection between local voices in the Arab region and their practices of

📢 | The latest episode of our podcast, Democracy Support Dialogues, is out. Our host Fabian Schöppner provides an overview on the conditions of civil society in the 🇪🇺 neighbourhood and its relevance for EU democracy support policies. Listen here👉shapedem-eu.eu/outreach

During her time as a SHAPEDEM-EU Gender Equality Fellow Ekaterine Skhiladze explored Georgia's journey in pursuing gender equality. In her analysis, Skhiladze also assessed how the 🇪🇺 contributes to or intersects with the country's efforts. Find out more 👉 shapedem-eu.eu/publications

What is Ukraine’s gender equality legal framework and societal context? As SHAPEDEM-EU's Gender Equality Fellow from 🇺🇦, Liliia Antoniuk 🇺🇦 analyses the 🇪🇺's role in promoting and protecting gender equality in the country. Read the full report 👉shapedem-eu.eu/publications

🆕 | Refugee women face unique challenges that demand inclusive, rights-based solutions. SHAPEDEM-EU Gender Equality Fellow Amira Elmasry examines how the EU supports gender equality & democracy for refugee women in Lebanon. Read more 👉 shapedem-eu.eu/publications

During her time as a SHAPEDEM-EU Gender Equality Fellow, Claudia Saba analysed 🇪🇺 democracy support for Palestine through a gender lens. She assessed how this was provided before 7 Oct 2023, and how the events since have affected the EU’s approach. 👉 shapedem-eu.eu/publications

What is the nexus between climate change and gender equality? Khouloud Baghouri, SHAPEDEM-EU Gender Equality Fellow from 🇹🇳, advocates for an integrated approach to tackle these intertwined challenges in North Africa. Read more 👉 shapedem-eu.eu/publications

📢 | How do third countries & international organisations shape EU democracy support? In the latest episode of our Democracy Support Dialogues podcast, Moussa Bourekba from CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) unpacks their impact on the EU's policies. Listen here 👉 shapedem-eu.eu/outreach

Just published: European Contestations of EU Democracy Support in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine, by Nona Mikhelidze et al. SHAPEDEM-EU Publications,2025. Co-authors: Andrea Gawrich,Fabian Schöppner, Anna Osypchuk, Anton Suslov. Istituto Affari Internazionali - IAI The paper examines how European actors/1

📢 | A new episode of our podcast is live! Fabian Schöppner, Ekaterine Skhiladze and Claudia Saba explore the EU’s support for gender equality & its intersection with democracy in Georgia and Palestine. Listen here 👉 lnkd.in/eAPawTXP

How do European actors contest and reinterpret the European Union’s democracy support in Georgia, Armenia and Ukraine? In this analysis within the SHAPEDEM-EU project, Nona Mikhelidze, Andrea Gawrich: @agawrich.bsky.social, Fabian Schöppner, Anna Osypchuk and Anton Suslov find that contestation within

My SHAPEDEM-EU paper “EU Democracy Support and Civil Society in #Georgia” The paper critically examines the European Union's (EU) democracy support practices in Georgia, focusing on the role of civil society within the country's European integration process./1

Can the EU rethink how it supports democracy in its Eastern neighbourhood? Our partners Elena Korosteleva & Anastasiia Kudlenko (University of Warwick ) explore new ideas for more effective democratic engagement. Read more 👉 shapedem-eu.eu/publications

How has China shaped political change in the 🇪🇺’s Southern & Eastern Neighbourhoods? Inés A 安旖旎 (CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)) argues that 🇨🇳 adopts a pragmatic approach to political developments, prioritising stability & continuity over ideological alignment. 👉 shapedem-eu.eu/publications

How does Russia project autocratic influence beyond its borders? Murad Nasibov (Justus Liebig University Giessen) analyses the behavioural and discursive tools Moscow uses to weaken democratisation and sustain authoritarian power. Read more 👉 shapedem-eu.eu/publications