Author: Anna Michalski

This publication reviews the debate on democracy promotion in Europe and in the US and analyses their strengths and weaknesses as actors in international politics from a democracy perspective. The analysis and its recommendations are part of a larger project ‘Transatlantic Policy Forum’ composed by six European and American policy research institutes.

Contributions by Maria Leissner, Annika Björkdahl,Roel von Meijenfeldt, Tom Melia, Pavol Demeš and Michael Allen

This publication is the outcome of a seminar on democracy promotion in a transatlantic perspective organized jointly between the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies and Sweden’s Democracy Ambassador, Maria Leissner on 29 September 2008 in Stockholm.

The aim of the publication is to make public the wealth of ideas and experiences that were presented at the seminar which deserves to be brought into the debate about democracy assistance and the possibility of enhanced future transatlantic cooperation.

Author: John K. Glenn

The new U.S. administration inherited a formidable set of international challenges including wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the prospect of a nuclear Iran and a resurgent Russia. Moreover, a deep economic crisis has radically changed the preconditions for the conduct of U.S. foreign policy and the international status of the USA during the previous president reached unprecedented low levels.

Authors: Carl Fredrik Bergström, Jörgen Hettne och Anna Södersten

The Lisbon Treaty describes more clearly than before how to establish and maintain a more precise distribution of powers and clarifies the legal status of the Charter.