Nicolas Bouchet
Visiting Fellow, Transatlantic TrustsNicolas Bouchet is a visiting fellow based in GMF’s Berlin office, working closely with GMF’s Transatlantic Trusts in its efforts to support democracy and civil society in Eastern Europe. He conducts research on EU and US democracy promotion, with a particular focus on Russia and Eurasia (especially the countries of the EU’s Eastern Partnership). His research interests also include US foreign policy, democratization, and civil society.
In 2014-2016, Nicolas was a TAPIR research fellow with GMF’s Europe Program, based in the Berlin and Washington offices. He has authored numerous policy papers and reports, as well as articles on these topics. He holds a PhD from the University of London and is the author of Democracy Promotion as U.S. Foreign Policy: Bill Clinton and Democratic Enlargement (Routledge, 2015) as well as the co-editor of US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion From Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama (Routledge, 2013).
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February 3, 2025
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March 24, 2023
The second Summit for Democracy takes place on March 29-30, convened jointly by Costa Rica, the Netherlands, South Korea, the United Sates, and Zambia...
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May 10, 2022
Russia’s war against Ukraine has given a shot in the arm to the transatlantic relationship after several years of concern in Europe and the United...
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October 12, 2020
In the first years of transition after the collapse of the Soviet Union, civil society in the six EaP countries developed similarly....
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March 2, 2020
For the last three years, Europeans have watched U.S. President Donald Trump take a sledgehammer to the pillars of transatlantic relations that lasted...
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March 4, 2019
The European Union and the United States devote considerable funds and programs to supporting civil society in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans ...
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February 27, 2018
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August 9, 2017
Two recent stories out of Washington reinforced the impression that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will not promote democracy abroad....
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March 21, 2017
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February 8, 2017
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world....
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January 13, 2017
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September 6, 2016
Three years ago, a military coup ended Egypt’s shaky attempt at transition from decades of dictatorship to democracy. The coup has been followed by a...
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July 7, 2016
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Since President Donald Trump took office there has been on both sides of the Atlantic a growing debate over the health of democracy in the United...
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WASHINGTON – To no one’s surprise, Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Russia came nowhere close to challenging President Vladimir Putin’s regime....
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As the presidential election nears in Belarus—marked by strong countrywide opposition to President Alexander Lukashenka and a corresponding crackdown...
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As Ukraine goes to the polls on Sunday to elect its president for the second time since the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, some in Europe and the United...
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Hillary Clinton’s foreign-policy speech at the American Legion’s national convention on August 31 was a clear bid to attract independent and...
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Earlier today, China’s authorities charged with spying two Canadian citizens, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been held in jail in the...
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On both sides of the Atlantic, recent elections and referenda reflect a groundswell of populist sentiment, highlighting public dissatisfaction with...
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The global phenomenon of “closing” or “shrinking” space for civil society has been identified and increasingly analyzed since at least the beginning...