China is using its technological rise to develop “digital authoritarianism” to conduct surveillance, control the internet and censor information not just within its borders, but around the world, a… Read more »
Democracy and Decency by Chris Patten @ProSyn https://t.co/2znlCO1ner — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 20, 2020 Whatever their Western apologists may claim, Russia and China are clearly trying to… Read more »
If the past century has shown us anything, it is that dangerous ideologies backed by powerful states rarely confine their malign conduct within their own borders, argues national security adviser… Read more »
China is attempting to re-brand its Confucius Institutes following a worldwide backlash against the centers, analyst Zachary Evans writes for National Review: Confucius Institutes, which are present on dozens of U.S…. Read more »
After writing on @Independent and @DailyMailUK, here my latest op-ed on @TheSun . Visually attractive design with an enlightening quote: “warn the world of China’s brutal regime.” Let’s work… Read more »
Global political and civil society leaders congratulated Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (above) as he turned 85 on July 6. The National Endowment for Democracy’s President Carl Gershman addressed a… Read more »
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is facing one of the worst coronavirus epidemics in the world, an ongoing corruption investigation, and a procession of ministers deserting his cabinet. To top… Read more »
One of the most deeply upsetting charts I’ve ever seen. From this harrowing AP investigative report about China forcing birth control on Uighurs in Xinjiang to suppress their population growth:… 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 »
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 »