Facing the twilight of democracy?
https://t.co/80Lyei6mCF — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 13, 2020 There is no detailed road map to a better society, no didactic ideology and no rulebook. What liberal democracies demand is… Read more »
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Twilight of Democracy? The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
Changes in U.S. and European democracies over the past decade are examined by Anne Applebaum, Atlantic staff writer, National Endowment for Democracy (NED) board member and the author of the forthcoming Twilight… Read more »
‘Autocracy, Inc.’ has a lesson and a warning for democracy advocates
The democratic world’s inability to cope with the resurgence of “Autocracy, Inc.” arises partly from its own internal weaknesses, some of which have been exacerbated, deliberately, by autocratic actors, says… Read more »
Summit for Democracy: Year of Action Kick-Off Meeting with Civil Society
And other events ……… The U.S. Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development host a Summit for Democracy: Year of Action Kick-Off Meeting with Civil Society. February… Read more »
Kleptopia: How dirty money corrodes democracy
In 2014 Ukrainians got so fed up with the grotesque corruption of their political class that they staged a revolution, The Economist reports. Since then, reformers have been trying to… Read more »
Post-pandemic populist resurgence? Reforms needed to save democracy
Some voters live in a so-called populist bubble, where they hear nationalist and xenophobic messages, learn to distrust fact-based media and evidence-based science, and become receptive to conspiracy theories and… Read more »
Reconstructing democracy vs. dangerous new populism
My column this week: Peru is heading towards a dangerous new populism https://t.co/m3cMa5pb7z — Michael Reid (@michaelreid52) July 23, 2020 In her 2017 book, Democracy: Stories From the Long… Read more »
Defending decency and democracy from autocrats’ apologists
Democracy and Decency by Chris Patten @ProSyn https://t.co/2znlCO1ner — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 20, 2020 Whatever their Western apologists may claim, Russia and China are clearly trying to… Read more »
Liberalism and democracy – a ‘marriage of convenience’?
The title of Anne Applebaum’s book, The Twilight of Democracy, is not adorned with a question mark. Her book’s subtitle, “the Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism,” points to the central… Read more »
West facing ‘twilight of liberal world order?
External challenges to the liberal world order from Russia and China and continuing weakness and fracturing from within are likely to feed on each other, says a leading analyst. The… Read more »