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The 2009 Iranian elections have highlighted the fact that people want their votes counted honestly and in a transparent process. The heightened focus on meaningful standards is an opportunity for election monitoring organizations to expand and refine the core standards they apply. These guidelines are laid out in the 2005 "Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation" signed by 35 organizations. Adapted from the source document.

Discusses Somaliland's quest for international recognition as an independent state amid the instability of Somalia & the latter's determination to reincorporate the former. Some historical background is provided. Somalia's lawlessness are seen as impeding the international community's doing more than lauding Somaliland's democratic development. It is contended that while recognition might prove unreachable, not only is there a case for international protection & support for Somaliland, but its legal claim for recognition has persuasive grounding. It is concluded that the elements for a road map to survival exist, even if an opportunity to recognize Somaliland has passed, & how to begin protecting the province's de facto independence is touched on. y.

The Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 created the Millennium Challenge Account, "a bold, fresh approach to development assistance." Currently, there are 17 MCC-eligible countries and 13 countries eligible for aid under the FY2004 and FY2005 "Threshold Programs," all hoping to take advantage of MCA, which aids countries that have a per capita GDP lower than $1,415 and maintain a low level of corruption, and be passed by the MCC board to receive grant funding. The article also discusses the importance of the MCA, problems that it has encountered and recommendations for keeping it reputable and functional.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- PART 1 Religion, politics, and law -- 2 Civil religion and religious freedom in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict -- 3 Dynamics of church-state relations in Ukraine and the military conflict with Russia: political and legal aspects -- 4 Come all ye faithful to the Russian world: governmental and grass-roots spiritual discourse in the battle over Ukraine -- 5 Alternative spiritualities in Russia during the conflict in Ukraine -- 6 The United States International Religious Freedom Act, nonstate actors, and the Donbas crisis -- PART 2 Impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on religious public life and communities -- 7 Ukrainian churches and civil society in the Euromaidan and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict: a sociological analysis -- 8 A spatial analysis of religious diversity and freedom in Ukraine after the Euromaidan -- 9 Changes to religious life in Crimea since 2014 -- PART 3 The Russian-Ukrainian conflict and inter-Orthodox relations -- 10 History, ecclesiology, canonicity, and power: Ukrainian and Russian Orthodoxy after the Euromaidan -- 11 The cause of Ukrainian autocephaly -- 12 Equivocal memory: what does the Ukrainian Orthodox church of the Moscow Patriarchate remember? -- PART 4 Interviews -- 13 "The Orthodox identification of militants is an element of their understanding of the Russkiy mir": interview with Dr. Ihor Kozlovsky -- 14 "The militants used the Bibles to keep fires going and to cook food": interview with Rev. Dr. Vitaly Sorokun -- 15 Persecutions of Jehovah's witnesses in Russia: interview with Maria Kravchenko -- Index.

Civil religion and religious freedom in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict / Elizabeth A. Clark -- Dynamics of church-state relations in Ukraine and the military conflict with Russia : political and legal aspects / Dmytro Vovk -- Come all ye faithful to the Russian world : governmental and grass-roots spiritual discourse in the battle over Ukraine / Elizaveta Gaufman -- Alternative spiritualities in Russia during the conflict in Ukraine / Stanislav Panin -- The United States International Religious Freedom Act, nonstate actors, and the Donbas crisis / Robert C. Blitt -- Ukrainian churches and civil society in the Euromaidan and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict : a sociological analysis / Viktor Stepanenko -- A spatial analysis of religious diversity and freedom in Ukraine after the Euromaidan / Tymofiy Brik, Stanislav Korolkov -- Changes to religious life in Crimea since 2014 / Roman Lunkin -- History, ecclesiology, canonicity, and power : Ukrainian and Russian Orthodoxy after the Euromaidan / Jerry G. Pankhurst -- The cause of Ukrainian autocephaly / Cyril Hovorun -- Equivocal memory : what does the Ukrainian Orthodox church of the Moscow Patriarchate remember? / Andriy Fert -- The Orthodox identification of militants is an element of their understanding of the Russkiy mir : interview with Dr. Ihor Kozlovsky -- The militants used the Bibles to keep fires going and to cook food : interview with Rev. Dr. Vitaly Sorokun -- Persecutions of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia : interview with Maria Kravchenko.

Chapter Four: Women in the Wider WorldJohn Chrysostom, Homily 9 on I Timothy; John Chrysostom, Greet Priscilla and Aquila; John Chrysostom, Homily 7 on Matthew; Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies; Jerome, Epistle 133; Jerome, Epistle 127; Jerome, Epistle 108; Palladius, Lausiac History; Faltonia Betitia Proba, Cento; Jerome, Epistle 128; Jerome, Epistle 107; Tertullian, On Baptism; John Chrysostom, On the Priesthood; John Chrysostom, Saints Bernice and Prosdoce; Canons of Nicaea and Chalcedon; Apostolic Constitutions; Jerome, Epistle 77; Socrates Scholasticus, Church History.