Adam Pickering
adamleepickering.bsky.social
Adam Pickering
@adamleepickering.bsky.social
Policy Lead and Senior Governance Adviser in the Civil Society & Civic Space Department @ FCDO
And you're sure he didn't have a writing credit? First episode wasn't till 1991 so you know, it's possible.
March 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
ODA was already falling in the region and the aid sector had its head in the sand about preparing for aid exit. We need to do what we can to ensure the process is handled well. Chaotic aid exit could damage governance and undo hard won gains.
March 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I don't agree with everything though.

"Anti-rights movements and actors are shameless, unethical and have no moral restraints."

I think that lacks nuance to such an extent it might be unhelpful.
March 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's a clear trend now, and it's far from restricted to Europe.
February 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We need politically literate responses that acknowledge the real threat of foreign interference. A typology that seperates laws designed to protect democratic governance from those designed to undermine it must be utilised. This @icnl.bsky.social report is a great start www.icnl.org/post/report/...
Foreign Influence Registration Laws and Civil Society
This report develops a typology of salient features of foreign influence registration laws and then shares key recommendations for substantive arguments against overbroad foreign influence registratio...
www.icnl.org
February 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM