Club de Madrid Articles

Felipe VI, “a renewed Monarchy for new times”

Three Club de Madrid Members, former Presidents, Felipe González, José María Aznar and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero also witnessed the ceremony. Spanish transition from Franco’s dictatorship to a democratic constitutional monarchy can not be understood without the...

Peace and Democracy: release of the 2014 Global Peace Index

Although there are many methods of measuring sovereign risk there are few standard means of assessing risks as it pertains to violence, conflict and instability. We know many societal factors are adversely affected through higher interpersonal violence, terrorism,...

Lacalle leads a LEND webinar on financing of political parties

Dr Peter Hack Former MP, Hungary, law professor and board member of Transparency International will also be a presenter at the webminar. Maria Leissner, Secretary General of Community of Democracies will moderate the discussion. The audience...

Club de Madrid hails Al Mahdi’s release

From Club de Madrid, we maintain the need for President al-Bashir´s government to take the measures necessary to put an end to rebel offensives, criminal activity and intercommunal fighting over access to resources in the Darfur region and move towards the effective...

Club de Madrid tackles the role of the military in Myanmar’s democratic transition

Jan 25, 2016

This mission came to Myanmar following the historic November 8, 2015 elections in which the opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD) won an outright majority but before the new government has taken place. The visit sought to build on the work of previous missions to advance a peaceful...

Ricardo Lagos launches in Myanmar a book on democratic transitions

Jan 20, 2016

In the publication, former leaders recount the transition from authoritarian state to a more open, democratic society that their countries went through. Among other Club de Madrid Members participating in this publication, B. J. Habibie shares his thoughts on Indonesia’s transition from a...

How can we achieve societies with inclusive, sustainable & resilient prosperity? Read here Laura Chinchilla’s ideas

Jan 18, 2016

A third Club de Madrid Member, the former President of the Republic of Ireland, Mary Robinson, took the floor via videoconference stressing that 'we need to move from business as usual to a paradigm shift to address climate change challenges'. President Robinson pointed out that 'SGD's...

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