Samarkand is hosting the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to discuss Iran’s prospective membership in the group while Belarus has also applied to join the group, Crux reports… Read more »
An “authoritarian hangover” is hampering Taiwan’s military in its efforts to adapt to the growing threat from China, Kathrin Hille writes for The Financial Times. “We have an authoritarian hangover… Read more »
Before leaving #Taiwan, Mrs. #Pelosi was expected to meet human-rights activists incl Tiananmen protest leader Wu’er Kaixi, fmr Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee & Lee Ming-che, a Taiwanese activist who… Read more »
What was Taiwan’s secret political formula that empowered its democratic transformation, so that by 2021 the island country was hailed as “beacon of democracy in Asia,” in the “Democracy Index”,… Read more »
The war in Ukraine is raising particular concern in Taiwan where many see uncomfortable parallels with another authoritarian neighbor threatening a vulnerable democracy. “What people in Taiwan are seeing is… Read more »
At a packed advanced screening of the documentary “Revolution of Our Times,” the audience gasped, sniffled and cried throughout the film’s depiction of police brutality and democratic resistance in pre-COVID… Read more »
Democracy and its advocates are undergoing an existential crisis as authoritarian resurgence externally and illiberal challenges at home seek to undermine the values and institutions underpinning the liberal international order,… Read more »
The leader who’s standing up to China https://t.co/hyEP8UhQ7A via @SpecialReports — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) December 28, 2021 Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is wielding a mixture of soft and hard power… Read more »
The Indo-Pacific is quickly becoming the most important region for democracy support activities, as it embodies both growing support for democracy and recent evidence of backsliding, according to a new… Read more »
In Chinese-speaking communities beyond the reach of Beijing’s censorship regime, the song “Fragile” (above) has been an unexpected hit. With more than 26 million views on YouTube since dropping in… Read more »