On March 5th, the Program in Transatlantic Relations hosted a luncheon discussion of the report "Enhancing Democracy Assistance" a joint publication by Columbia University's Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, and the Atlantic Council of the United States.

Co-authors David L. Phillips and Lincoln A. Mitchell offered an overview of the report, which seeks solutions to the difficulties faced by the democracy assistance community at a time when U.S. credibility is questioned abroad and a new wave of anti-democratic leaders has emerged. The report identifies different regime types—authoritarian regimes, illiberal democracies, kleptocracies, and post-conflict states— and offers recommendations tailored to each context, based on lessons learned from practitioners.

The presidents of the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute, and IFES joined the discussion, as well as representatives from the National Endowment for Democracy and USAID. Former Prime Minister of Canada and Club of Madrid advocate, the Right Honourable Kim Campbell also participated, along with the deputy chiefs of Mission from Norway and the Czech Republic.

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