Foreign Policy Blogs

Tag Archives: Legislative Strengthening

Investing in People: Parliamentary Internships Pay Dividends

Investing in People: Parliamentary Internships Pay Dividends

When I was in Uganda last month I was fortunate to learn more about an interesting parliamentary internship program being carried out by the Center for International Development (CID) of the State University of New York (full disclosure: I used to work there).   Supported by Higher Education for Development (which uses fairly small grants to […]

read more

Kenya Reforming Constitution: Is Parliament Ready for Prime Time?

Kenya Reforming Constitution: Is Parliament Ready for Prime Time?

A committee of the Kenyan Parliament has agreed to do away with the position of prime minister as part of a reform of its constitution.  The position of prime minister was created in 2008 as a way to allow for power sharing in bring an end to the bloody confrontations that followed Kenya’s national elections […]

read more

About Us

Foreign Policy Blogs is a network of global affairs blogs and a supplement to the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions program. Staffed by professional contributors from the worlds of journalism, academia, business, non-profits and think tanks, the FPB network tracks global developments on Great Decisions 2014 topics, daily. The FPB network is a production of the Foreign Policy Association.