Liberal democracy’s crisis of confidence
Liberal democracy is experiencing a crisis of confidence, according to the Pew Research Center’s Richard Wike and Janell Fetterolf. Scholars and pundits may disagree about the nature and depth of… Read more »
Category: Democracy Assistance and Promotion
Africa’s democratization since 1990: continuity in change?
A wave of democratization swept over the African continent in the 1990s. Has it made a difference in the welfare of individuals in sub-Saharan African nations? And why hasn’t the… Read more »
Resilience and renewal: time to update democracy?
At the 22nd edition of the Forum 2000 that was held in early October in Prague it was clear that democracy defenders from around the world are increasingly uneasy, writes analyst Andreas… Read more »
Dealing with dictators: U.S. needs new approach
The disappearance of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi has precipitated a new crisis in U.S.-Saudi relations. Yet that crisis has also revived a much older dilemma in American strategy: How to… Read more »
Saudi dissident’s murder roils Washington think-tanks
The murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi is causing ructions within the think-tank community. As prominent investors, media organizations, and even lobbyists have begun to pull back from involvement in… Read more »
Jamal Khashoggi, MBS, and the future of U.S.-Saudi relations
In the wake of the alleged state-sponsored disappearance and killing of Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, the latest in a series of troubling events from the Kingdom… Read more »
The ‘Autocracy App’: how social media corrodes democracy
In the heady days of the Arab Spring, it was easy to get swept along by such naive good intentions and by the promise of social media as a benevolent… Read more »
Erasing the ‘grey zone’ on the frontlines of freedom
The countries of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine stand at a crossroads, the Atlantic Council notes. Perched between Russia and the West, they have chosen a path of… Read more »
Dissident’s death highlights rise of Saudi ‘mobster state’
A bipartisan group of 20 senators have forced an investigation into the fate of Jamal Khashoggi – a Saudi journalist and U.S. resident who has been missing for more than… Read more »
Human rights in China on a ‘downward trajectory’ under Xi
Protection of human rights in China has been on a “downward trajectory, by virtually every measure” since President Xi Jinping assumed power in 2012, a U.S. congressional study concluded Wednesday…. Read more »