The International Republican Insitute, or IRI, is a Washington, DC-based political organization in the United States. The IRI is loosely affiliated with the Republican Party and works closely with other rightist think tanks and foreign policy groups, as well as the National Endowment for Democracy. Some of its funding comes from the federal government.

IRI's stated mission is to "support the growth of political and economic freedom, good governance and human rights around the world by educating people, parties and governments on the values and practices of democracy." However, it has also been linked to efforts to foment a violent coup d'état in Haiti (See 2004 Haiti rebellion).

IRI maintains offices around the world, including in Africa (Abuja, Luanda and Nairobi), Asia (Dili, Jakarta, Phnom Penh and Ulaanbaatar), Latin America (Caracas, Guatemala City and Lima), Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans (Belgrade, Bratislava, Bucharest, Istanbul, Skopje, Sofia, Tirana and Zagreb) and the former Soviet Union (Almaty, Baku, Belarus, Kyiv, Moscow, Tashkent and Tbilisi).

IRI's board of directors includes many prominent Republicans, some of whom are involved in foreign policy.

Sources

• International Republican Institute. Official website. ^[1]
• "International Republican Institute." Namebase. ^[2].
• "Profile: International Republican Institute." Right Web Program of the Interhemispheric Resource Center. 3 March 2004.^[3]
• Wells-Dang, Andrew. "When Democracy Promotion Turns Partisan." Right Web Program of the Interhemispheric Resource Center. 5 April 2004.^[4]