bout de papier, Volume 20, Issue No. 4, 2004
bout de papier, Volume 16, Issue No. 4, 1999-2000
bout de papier, Volume 8, Issue No. 3, 1991
The Decline of Democracy in the World
FREEDOM IN THE WORLD, THE 2021 ANNUAL REPORT of Freedom House, a US institution, carried the title, Democracy Under Siege. It noted with sadness that 2021 marked the 15th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. In 2020, its evaluation was that…
Multilateralism to a Latin Beat
THE BEAUX-ARTS GRANDEUR OF THE CARNEGIE-BUILT EDIFICE that houses the Organization of American States (OAS) speaks to the unifying aspirations of the Pan-American movement. Situated on the Washington Mall just four blocks from the White House, it recalls the formation in 1889…
2019: A High Stakes Year
IL SEMBLE QUE 2019 SERA une année d’enjeux importants, non seulement pour le service extérieur, mais pour le monde entier : l’avenir des institutions de l’ordre international, de la démocratie, de la dignité et des droits de l’homme que de nombreuses sociétés…
The Vote from Here to Timbuktu
50,000 polling stations… as the Ambassador found out, $2 million. Yet this simple act ensured individuals could not fraudulently vote twice, adding greater legitimacy to the election results]. After my LES partner had finished voting, we stayed another half hour before beginning…
A Walk in the Burmese Sun
Note de la redaction: C’est en lisant le livre de John Graham, Who’s Man in Havana, dans lequel il raconte, entre autre, sa participation a des missions d’observation électorales que l’équipe de bout de papier a eu l’idée de demander a nos…
