

Somalis queue in Hargeisa, Somaliland, to cast their vote for presidential elections in 2010. Credit: Barkhad Kaariye / AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.
It is fitting to discuss the challenges to parliamentary strengthening projects near the June anniversary date of President Ronald Reagan’s Westminster Speech. During this speech, delivered 33 years ago to a gathering of British MPs and other invited guests at Westminster in London, President Reagan laid out his vision on how to support the institutions of democracy in developing nations.