A new approach to democracy: How to protect a future for freedom
Ukraine is reminding us that democracy is a verb as well as a noun, not a mere institution or abstract concept, but results from action, from struggle, says historian and… Read more »
Category: Analysis
Why ‘freedom will win’ – Ukraine has no other option
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky today addressed a joint session of the UK Parliament shortly after making a surprise trip to the UK, the BBC reports (above). Hundreds of MPs and… Read more »
China’s ‘civilizational state’ losing its sharp power edge
As China goes through a turbulent reopening, some in the United States may take comfort from seeing the country it describes as its most challenging competitor flounder. Yet, China is… Read more »
EU shows political to defend Ukraine’s sovereignty and democratic values
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and 15 commissioners went to Ukraine on Thursday in the first visit of its kind to a country at war, Foreign Policy reports…. Read more »
Frontline democracy and the battle for Ukraine
The long decline of global democracy stalled in 2022, according to the latest edition of the Democracy Index from The Economist Intelligence Unit, Frontline democracy and the battle for Ukraine:… Read more »
Russia ‘acquiring features of dictatorship’
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves around the world and revealed divisions between the developed democracies backing Ukraine and many developing countries that chose not to take sides, according to… Read more »
Venezuela’s new stranglehold on civil society
Venezuela’s democratic opposition is pinning its hopes on the 2024 presidential election, a return to a strategy that has mostly failed over the past 25 years, Bloomberg reports. Even if… Read more »
New geopolitical reality needs new narratives to advance democracy
To advance democracy as a model of governance, the EU should build a new narrative that squarely promotes it as a universal aspiration but that is tailor-made to local realities… Read more »
Breaking news – democracy more resilient than expected
At the beginning of 2022, all democracy indices indicated that the world’s democratic recession was continuing, according to Ken Godfrey, executive director of the European Partnership for Democracy. In this context, the… Read more »
As symbol of global ideological struggle, Ukraine ‘galvanized democracies’ – and complicated support strategies
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February made democracy’s defense a priority of the highest geopolitical as well as normative order, says a new report. It propelled commitments to protect democracy… Read more »