China cannot endorse Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because the maintenance of territorial integrity is “primordial” in Beijing’s foreign policy, but nor can it align itself with a NATO that it… Read more »
The defense of pluralist democracy is one of the criteria used by the Council of Europe to choose recipients of its North-South Prize, awarded each year since 1995 to two… Read more »
Ukraine’s remarkable resilience will be highlighted when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday amid Russia’s ongoing war against his country, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate… Read more »
Some 78% of Americans see the Ukraine war as a fight for global democracy rather than solely as a regional conflict, according to a new Citizen Data survey, Jennifer Rubin… Read more »
The way a regime treats its own people is often indicative of how it will act toward other nations. Vladimir Putin has provided us with a tragic reminder of this… Read more »
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the “existential battle between democracy and money,” according to Oliver Bullough, the author of a new paper from the International Forum for Democratic Studies at… Read more »
Authoritarians are collaborating in their efforts to consolidate power and accelerate attacks on democracy and human rights, according to Freedom in the World 2022: The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule…. Read more »
China is increasingly taking the lead in the ideological confrontation with the US over democracy and human rights, with Russia tacitly showing its conformity to Beijing’s philosophy, notes Ahmed Aboudouh,… Read more »
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO membership was often seen as a path toward EU integration among the new democracies of central and eastern Europe. But since NATO… Read more »
The emergence of China as a regional power in the Asia Pacific has largely negative implications for democratization prospects in the region, according to a new report from the Asia… Read more »