Disinformation and democracy https://t.co/6nyHdtOwCq — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) June 30, 2020 Online disinformation poses an “existential threat” to democracy, according to a cross-party group of peers from the UK’s… Read more »
In his essay “Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?”, initially published in the London-based journal Survey, Andrei Amalrik identified the process through which a great power succumbs to self-delusion, notes Charles King, Professor… Read more »
Populist governments of the right and left have some of the worst track records in dealing with Covid-19, the London School of Economics observes. At the same time, the virus… Read more »
Populists hate to be unpopular. That is why they have proved so bad at handling Covid-19, a crisis that brings nothing but grim news — death, economic destruction and curtailed… Read more »
In Latin America, as in other parts of the world with weak institutions, the coronavirus is threatening democracy. The United States should stand up for the rule of law in… Read more »
Coronavirus disinformation published by Chinese and Russian state media outlets in France, Spain, and Germany is in some cases reaching a greater audience on social media than news coverage of… Read more »
Beijing’s new civil liberty restrictions on Hong Kong presents the United States and the international community with hard choices. In the form of an NSC memo, 5 CSIS Asia… Read more »
Experts fear that, as a consequence of pandemic shutdowns and slumping economies, tens of millions in Latin America will be pushed deeper into poverty, erasing multiple generations of social progress… Read more »
For the first time since protests during the presidential race of 2010, Belarusians finally see the real chance to overthrow President Alexander Lukashenko after 26 years of dictatorship, Aliaksandra… Read more »
The outbreak of Covid-19 and subsequent pandemic has led to an alarming uptick in authoritarian behavior by governments across the globe, who are using the crisis to silence critics, an open letter signed by… Read more »