Democracy is not something we can take for granted. In today’s political climate, It's time to move beyond observation and towards proactive engagement, discovering innovative approaches and collaborative efforts. Not just for defending, but actively reinventing and strengthening the vital frameworks of democracy and justice. But how to do this? Join us at the September […]
About this event How do you navigate an increasingly tense political climate? What tools do we have to strengthen political engagement? With the Dutch parliamentary elections approaching at the end of October, the question of how to strengthen democratic participation is more relevant than ever. Join us at the October edition of #DemocracyDrinks The Hague, […]
Join us for this year's last #DemocracyDrinks, on November 13, to reflect on Georgia's fight for democracy and avenues for moving forward. It has already been a year since the Georgian people began courageously protesting the results of an unfair election and the ruling party’s decision to halt the country’s path toward the European Union. […]
How should the EU, the Netherlands and other EU member states improve and speed up EU enlargement to the Western Balkans - and beyond? As more and more Western Balkan nations move towards the EU, what is the role that the rest of Europe stands to play in their pursuit of accession? How can EU […]
This edition will feature Ales Bialiatski, Nobel Peace Prize laureate & Belarusian democracy and human rights defender. How can civil society continue defending human rights when repression becomes the norm? And what role can international partners play in ensuring that struggles for freedom are not forgotten? For decades, Belarusian civil society organisations have worked under […]
Can Change Happen Within Distrusted Systems? In many contemporary democracies, formal institutions continue to function while public trust in them steadily declines. This creates a fundamental tension: if citizens no longer believe in the fairness or effectiveness of elections, can those same elections still serve as a meaningful mechanism for change? The situation in Serbia […]
A closer look at far-right networks, focusing on the case study of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in India. How do far-right networks embed themselves in cultural, educational, and political institutions? How do they translate grassroots presence into electoral power and ideological influence? And what explains their resilience across very different political contexts? This event […]
The future of post-Maduro Venezuela: democratic transition or externally managed rule? Six months after the U.S. operation that removed Nicolás Maduro from office, the basic question of what Venezuela is (politically and legally) remains unsettled. Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s vice president, sits in the presidential chair. Several senior figures from the previous government remain in their posts. Chevron […]
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