Is Russia on the road to dictatorship? The immense pressures generated by the war and Western sanctions could eventually bring about domestic political change in Russia, but the conceivable scenarios… Read more »
A deeply connected and influential network serving a third of South Korea’s defector community, Woorion is a one-stop information hub, connecting North Koreans with the resources and community they… Read more »
“Ukrainian democracy continues” as Russia is failing to achieve nearly all of its war objectives in Ukraine, a senior White House official said on Sunday. “In our view, Russia has already… Read more »
U.S. officials are anxiously watching the French presidential election, aware that the outcome of the vote on Sunday could reveal dangerous fissures in Western democracy, The New York Times reports: President… Read more »
Savvy autocrats have deployed the three P’s of populism, polarization and post-truth to cultivate ‘stealthocracy’ – maintaining liberal democracy’s institutional architecture while gutting the substance of such norms as accountability,… Read more »
Jailed Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza could face an additional 10 years in prison on newly unveiled charges of spreading “false” information about the Russian military, The Moscow Times reports. Kara-Murza,… Read more »
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy is among five people named as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy, AP reports. Mr Zelenskiy was… Read more »
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa slammed French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Thursday in a joint op-ed for Le Monde,… Read more »
European Council President Charles Michel met Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv — which he called the “heart of a free and democratic Europe” — and pledged to… Read more »
A democracy has never succeeded in being both diverse and equal. Yet, treating members of many different ethnic or religious groups fairly is central to the democratic project, Yascha Mounk… Read more »