Ukraine mourns death of Nadia Diuk
Nadia Diuk (above, center) was by all accounts an extraordinary woman who leaves fond memories for her loved ones as well as a legacy of admirable work throughout which she displayed… Read more »
Category: Democracy Assistance and Promotion
‘Revolution in Ruins’: Venezuela ‘on brink of lasting change’
In less than a month, Juan Guaido has gone from a virtual unknown in Venezuelan politics to the country’s most-watched figure, assuming the presidency of the opposition-controlled congress and briefly… Read more »
Ukraine honors democracy advocate Nadia Diuk
Remarks – Nadia Diuk – Ukraine’s Convoluted Transition from National Endowment for Democracy on Vimeo. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has honored Nadia Diuk (above), Senior Advisor at the National Endowment for… Read more »
‘Democratic dream’ in South Caucasus?
Democratic bright spots are emerging in Armenia and Georgia despite their being wedged between less-than-democratic regional powers—Iran, Russia and Turkey, note analysts Denis Corboy, William Courtney and Kenneth Yalowitz. Both countries seek… Read more »
Understanding Central Europe’s illiberal metamorphosis
To understand Central Europe ’s illiberal metamorphosis, bear in mind that the region’s political imperative for almost three decades was “Imitate the West!” That process went by different names –… Read more »
Are social media platforms ‘rotting democracy from within’?
Facebook has entered a new era of cautious glasnost, inviting researchers to look ‘under the hood’ of various aspects of its operations, and understand how it formulates and implements… Read more »
‘Springtime for Strongmen’? Explaining the rise of populist authoritarians
How are we to understand the resurgence of authoritarianism? What form does it now take? What responsibility do elites bear for its success? These are among the most important questions… Read more »
A ‘hinge in history’? Democracy vs dictatorship in contest of narratives
The competition of democracy versus dictatorship is to a degree a contest of narratives, argues Richard Fontaine, President of the Center for a New American Security. “Beijing and others peddle a… Read more »
North Korea slams UN rapporteur over human rights
The U.S. Congress is allocating funds for the advancement of human rights in North Korea. The regime’s party organ Rodong Sinmun on Monday criticized the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur of human rights Tomas… Read more »
How to aid Armenia’s ‘democratic velvet revolution’
Armenia is a case study of rising resistance to autocratic rule, says the 2019 World Report from Human Rights Watch. Authoritarianism has been met with a resurgence of “individual… Read more »