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Closure of the Heinrich Böll Foundation office in Ethiopia

Published: 28 November 2012
The Heinrich Böll Foundation will close its office in Ethiopia at the end of 2012. The current political and legal situation in the country is such that the Foundation is unable to carry out its work in a politically sustainable and practicable manner. We can no longer fulfil our mission of working with local partners to support democracy, gender justice and sustainable development.

Not All Votes Are Equal

Published: 28 October 2012
The presidential election this year in the United States, like in many years before, is going to hinge on the outcome in just a couple of "swing states." Why is it that just a few jurisdictions in the country hold the keys to the White House, while other whole regions are largely irrelevant to presidential campaigns? What is the Electoral College and where did it come from? How could a modern democracy still maintain a system that is clearly anti-democratic? Is there any real possibility of reform?

The Ninth Parliamentary Elections in Iran

Published: 16 February 2012
Looking at the upcoming parliamentary election in Iran, Dr. Hosein Ghazian analyses the challenges of this election in the light of recent political developments in Ira.

10 Years UN Resolution 1325 - Democracy

Published: 19 December 2010
Ten years after the adoption of UN resolution 1325 "Women, Peace and Security", the Gunda Werner Institute (GWI) of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in cooperation with the German Women's Security Council and Peace Women Across the Globe hosted an international conference.

Emerging Powers and the Middle East

Published: 1 December 2010
One of the most important focal points of overlapping and competing interests of both established and emerging powers is the Middle East. This publication attempts to look at the effects of the global shift of power on the Middle East to explore the prospects of the region to become a partner in an emerging multi-polar system, rather than a stomping ground or even a battlefield for the interest and the prestige of others.

This Land is Our Land

Published: 30 November 2010
For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons -- everything from our forests and our oceans to our broadcast airwaves and our most important intellectual and cultural works.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Where is the Civil Society Voice?

Published: 7 October 2010
The journey from Sarajevo to Budapest was longer than intended after the October 3rd general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The mood of the BiH passengers reflected more or less the mood of the country – is BiH going to make political progress?