Making the case: Democracy as pathway to prosperity
Voices from the developing world can build the case that democracy is the best pathway from poverty to prosperity, an Atlantic Council forum heard this week (above). Democracy is the… Read more »
Category: Analysis
‘Sin Autorización’: The Other Cuba
Cuba’s most vocal critics today are young adults who grew up in the post-Communist era and view the “revolution” as an ossified ideology imposed on them by octogenarian leaders clinging… Read more »
Putin’s Ukraine war is ‘turning Russia into a failed state’
Pro-democracy Russians who reject the totalitarian Putin regime are doing what they can to help Ukraine liberate all occupied territories and restore its territorial integrity. We are also planning for the… Read more »
Russia sought to impose autocracy on Ukraine – now it’s discrediting populism
A former commander in the Russian mercenary Wagner Group is seeking asylum in Norway, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration told the Associated Press on Monday. The man, whom it identified as Andrey Medvedev,… Read more »
‘Global Polycrisis’ damaging democracy
Only 13% of the world’s population are currently living under a liberal democracy, compared to 44% living under an electoral autocracy, with the share of the world’s population living in… Read more »
Peak China? CCP’s waning sharp power
The chairman of the newly established congressional select committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Representative Mike Gallagher, revealed that Disney CEO Bob Iger and NBA commissioner Adam Silver would be… Read more »
Turkey’s political ban an ‘axe to democracy’ before 2023’s most important election
A Turkish court has convicted Şebnem Korur Fincancı, the president of the Turkish Medical Association and a renowned human rights activist, of disseminating “terrorist propaganda” in a trial seen by… Read more »
China’s COVID crisis ‘not necessarily a win for democracy’
How Chinese people remember and talk about their experiences during the COVID surge with one another may have real political consequences, says Minxin Pei, professor of government at Claremont McKenna… Read more »
Democracies entering a dangerous decade
The tug of war between democracy and autocracy will persist over the next decade, with democracies potentially losing some ground, according to a new Atlantic Council survey: Respondents as a… Read more »
‘Weapons of Mass Disruption’: Will generative AI kill democracy?
The role of social media platforms and messaging apps in Sunday’s political violence in Brasília is under the spotlight after experts highlighted their use by Jair Bolsonaro supporters to question the… Read more »