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International Republican Institute
"From its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and more than 25 overseas offices, IRI sends expert volunteer trainers, elected officials and skilled staff members to more than 50 countries around the world teach others how to build strong and lasting democracies in their countries.
In its two decades IRI has been active in nearly 100 countries training citizens in political party building, monitoring elections, teaching communications practices, organizing civil society and grassroots efforts, working with women and youth to increase their political participation and conducting legal, legislative and electoral reform work.
IRI is chaired by Sen.
John McCain, (R-Ariz.), and includes
Lawrence S. Eagleburger, former Secretary of State, Dr.
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,
Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor, as well as current and former members of the U.S. House and Senate, and individuals from the private and nonprofit sectors. "
"From its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and more than 25 overseas offices, IRI sends expert volunteer trainers, elected officials and skilled staff members to more than 50 countries around the world teach others how to build strong and lasting democracies in their countries.
In its two decades IRI has been active in nearly 100 countries training citizens in political party building, monitoring elections, teaching communications practices, organizing civil society and grassroots efforts, working with women and youth to increase their political participation and conducting legal, legislative and electoral reform work.
IRI is chaired by Sen.
John McCain, (R-Ariz.), and includes
Lawrence S. Eagleburger, former Secretary of State, Dr.
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,
Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor, as well as current and former members of the U.S. House and Senate, and individuals from the private and nonprofit sectors. "
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Foroyaa online
April 24, 2018
The outreach program was held in Bwiam in the Foni Kansala Constituency and funded by the International Republican Institute (IRI). The occasion was graced by different political party representatives, Alkalos, Chairpersons, elected Councillors of West Coast Region and civil society groups. Among otherÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
April 24, 2018
The outreach program was held in Bwiam in the Foni Kansala Constituency and funded by the International Republican Institute (IRI). The occasion was graced by different political party representatives, Alkalos, Chairpersons, elected Councillors of West Coast Region and civil society groups. Among otherÃâà...
The Hill
April 24, 2018
The fiasco known as Case 173 began in December 2011 when the Egyptian security services raided five prominent NGOs, including the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute. Travel bans were imposed against 17 Americans — including the son of a cabinet member/formerÃâà...
Hivisasa
April 16, 2018
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Cheboi, has lauded the House Democracy Partnership (HDP), the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) for their continued collaboration with the National Assembly, which has seen them develop capacity forÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 6, 2018
Patten's long friendship with Kilimnik—which stems from their time working together at the International Republican Institute in Moscow between 2001 and 2003—would likely be enough to draw scrutiny from Mueller, who appears to have homed in on Kilimnik as a potentially significant link between theÃâà...
New York Times
April 6, 2018
He worked for a time in Sweden as an interpreter for a Russian company that exported arms, and later in the Moscow office of the International Republican Institute, a Washington-based nonprofit, where former employees said they suspected he was informing on them to the Russian authorities. He partedÃâà...
The Hill
March 31, 2018
Kilimnik is reportedly a Russian-Ukrainian dual citizen who studied foreign languages at what is now known as the Military University of the Ministry of Defense, graduating in the early 1990s. A few years after graduating, he started working in the Moscow office for the International Republican Institute (IRI),Ãâà...
Politico
March 30, 2018
Mercury and Podesta Group lobbyists reached out to several election monitors with the International Republican Institute, a Washington-based group that says it promotes democracy. Lobbyists even emailed Mindaugas Jurkynas, a Lithuanian university professor who was serving as an election monitor,Ãâà...
The Atlantic
March 29, 2018
Kilimnik left the army and eventually landed at the Moscow office of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in 1995, where he worked for over a decade. An IRI spokeswoman told me that “he was asked to leave because he violated IRI's code of ethics,” and that, to her knowledge, “no one had any reasonÃâà...
The Hill
March 28, 2018
Research by the International Republican Institute suggests that the connection between corruption and violent extremism operates in a feedback loop: As violent extremism rises, governments with questionable democratic credentials often opt to maintain the status quo rather than undertake necessaryÃâà...
The Hill
March 17, 2018
Democracy promotion has long been one of the U.S. government's favorite foreign charades. The Trump administration's proposal to slash funding for democratic evangelism is being denounced as if it were the dawn of a new Dark Age. But this is a welcome step to draining a noxious swath of theÃâà...
Common Dreams
March 16, 2018
One, the International Republican Institute, is run by a board headed by Senator John McCain, who never saw a war he didn't like and salivates at the thought of deposing unfriendly regimes. Its counterpart, the National Democratic Institute, is headed by Madeleine Albright, who famously pronounced theÃâà...
Forward
March 16, 2018
The U.S. must seize this opportunity and promote democracy in East Jerusalem as it has elsewhere — working through NGOs like the the International Republican Institute and National Democratic Institute to empower participation, train political parties, and strengthen institutions. And it should advance aÃâà...
The Hill
March 15, 2018
According to a recent survey by the International Republican Institute, almost half of all Ukrainians cite corruption as the most important issue facing the country, and a staggering 71 percent believe their country is headed in the wrong direction. This corresponds with the low levels of support for the nationalÃâà...
Jacobin magazine
March 7, 2018
... Post columnist Josh Rogin reported that the State Department's 2019 budget request is quietly going to slash funding for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and end its relationship with two of its chief grantees, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI).
Newsweek
March 6, 2018
The State Department also says it wants to transfer funds from the NED's core institutes, including the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, to general State Department coffers open for competition. It is unclear whether Congress will approve the cuts and changes to theÃâà...
New Republic
March 6, 2018
... “but also to disassemble its relationships with its core institutes, including the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute. For the NED and those institutes, the proposal is an assault not only on their organizations but also on the pro-democracy mission they are dedicated to.”.
The Atlantic
February 27, 2018
Shane, for example, writes that “in recent decades, the most visible American presence in foreign politics has been the taxpayer-funded groups like the National Endowment for Democracy, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, which do not support candidates butÃâà...
New York Times
February 18, 2018
How about financing civic organizations? In recent decades, the most visible American presence in foreign politics has been taxpayer-funded groups like the National Endowment for Democracy, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, which do not support candidates butÃâà...
New York Times
February 12, 2018
The politically charged prosecution, which targeted employees of the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, as well as other groups, elicited sharp criticism of Egypt in Congress. A court appeal, scheduled for April, has reinvigorated American efforts to have their convictionsÃâà...
The Diplomat
February 5, 2018
Fieldwork on the poll, conducted by Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization on behalf of the Center for Insights in Survey Research at the International Republican Institute, was done from November 19 to December 2, 2017. The poll follows similar surveys — last conducted in March 2017 — going all theÃâà...
Olean Times Herald
December 31, 1999
Miller, citing foreign elections during the Cold War, said he agreed that the U.S. “doesn't have clean hands either,” while Coppersmith argued that organizations like the National Democratic institute and the International Republican Institute work in developing countries to advance democracy, not dictateÃâà...
Christian Science Monitor
December 31, 1999
There's funding and training available through international organisations such as the International Republican Institute (IRI). And there's the parliamentary youth caucus, where Ceesay serves as a secretary. Still, barriers remain, particularly lack of funding and recognition. In addition, cultural beliefs andÃâà...
Frederick News Post
December 31, 1999
County Councilman Jerry Donald (D) filed to keep his District 1 seat. He could be challenged in November by Republicans Dylan Diggs, an evaluation specialist at the International Republican Institute, or Kevin Grubb, a retired Frederick police officer who ran for sheriff in 2014. Councilman Tony ChmelikÃâà...
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