Institute of Democracy and Cooperation

The Institute of Democracy and Cooperation is a think tank in Paris. It is a separate organisation from the similarly named think-tank in New York. Both were founded in 2008 by a Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena and a group of Russian NGOs, but they were operationally and structurally independent of one another. The New York IDC down in 2015. IDC in Paris is funded by Russian charitable foundations. It is headed by historian and former Russian State Duma deputy Natalia Narochnitskaya. The British philosopher and historian John Laughland is Director of Studies.

The Institute describes its aims as being

It describes its outlook on human rights and international relations as "broadly conservative", referring to its emphasis on the nation-state as the best framework for the realisation of human rights and a belief that "humanitarian intervention" is often counter-productive.

Its President and Director of Studies appear regularly on the media and at international conferences, including at international organisations like the European Parliament or the United Nations, when they address a wide range of matters of topical interest, often bringing a historical or philosophical perspective to international affairs. The institute is active all over Europe, with partners in Rome, Berlin and Prague, and it has organised several Side Events at the UN in Geneva (it is accredited to the UN with ECOSOC status).

IDC web page [1] in English, French and Russian.

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