The greatest theorist on war, Carl von Clausewitz, often explained that strategy must be dynamic, constantly changing and rejuvenating itself. In his famous treatise “On War,” he wrote that some… Read more »
As Ukraine defends its right to self-determination and freedom, it has become a symbol of the fight between democracy and dictatorship and has renewed the importance of democracy as a… Read more »
The war in Ukraine is prompting considerable speculation about the onset of a new Cold War. The cold-war strategy of “containment” is being studied for the current age. Truman’s America… Read more »
Some 78% of Americans see the Ukraine war as a fight for global democracy rather than solely as a regional conflict, according to a new Citizen Data survey, Jennifer Rubin… Read more »
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO membership was often seen as a path toward EU integration among the new democracies of central and eastern Europe. But since NATO… Read more »
As President Joe Biden and his team seek to put the defense of democracy and protection of human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy, they confront the stubborn… Read more »
India and Pakistan are in. Turkey and Hungary are not. That’s the still-tentative plan, anyway, as the White House has begun to send out invitations for the forthcoming “Summit for… Read more »
Journal of Democracy co-editor Larry Diamond, JOD contributor Sheri Berman, National Endowment for Democracy (NED) board member Minxin Pei and former NED board members Francis Fukuyama, William Galston and Suzanne… Read more »
The pressing challenges that, from Latin America to East Asia, are shaping the balance between democracy and authoritarianism is the focus of the just-released July 2020 issue of the NED’s… Read more »
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the political business model of populists is not “giving the people what they want”. Rather, it is an exclusionary form of identity politics, where incessant talk… Read more »