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We are hereby pleased to introduce our Blog segment of Direct-Democracy-Navigator platform.Its main objective is to follow the facts, paths, trends and development of democracy in general.Notably, the complexity and multidimensionality of direct...

Question 1: How would you shortly describe the main points of democratic developments in Armenia?The collapse of the Soviet Union and declaration of independence by the countries included in the Union were accompanied by radical poli...

The German NGO „Mehr Demokratie“, promoting citizens' initiative rights in the country, published yesterday a new report on the use of direct democracy instruments in the Federal States of Germany. Until now such instruments do not exist on na...

In the last 20 years, due to the fact that negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) failed again and again, most countries signed different types of bilateral agreements to foster commerce and foreign investment. Bilateral investment ...

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Bilateral Investment Treaties recently face strong political reaction from citizens against the investor state dispute settlement provisions. Especially the planed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the US (TTIP)...

The Direct Democracy Navigator is working on a new study following the main question: Why, in general terms, were referendums – initiated by authorities or by citizens - conducted in electoral democracies worldwide? Guided by the answers...

In the following article we will publish the second part of the empirical results of the Navigator World Fact-Check, dealing with the instruments of Citizen Initiatives (+ Authorities Counter Proposals) - PCI and PCI+, Citizen In...

The Direct Democracy Navigator is working on a new study following the main question: Why, in general terms, were referendums – initiated by authorities or by citizens - conducted in electoral democracies worldwide? Guided by the answers given to ...