An insightful new paper from Brookings analyst Thomas Wright examines the debate between restorationists (who would continue the Obama Administration’s foreign policy approach) and reformers (who would challenge key elements… Read more »
Check out the latest preview from @NEDemocracy‘s @JoDemocracy https://t.co/PUcHRI5q7S — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 22, 2020 The revolution in Belarus will be recalled for several features that make it unique,… Read more »
The “democracy” under attack today is a shorthand for liberal democracy, and what is really under greatest threat is the liberal component of this pair, says a leading analyst. Liberalism… Read more »
In the wake of Beijing’s (supposedly) superior coronavirus-busting effort, Chinese officials and state media outlets have been relentlessly marketing their (authoritarian) governance system as superior, while denigrating the (democratic) U.S…. Read more »
The deadline to apply for the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program has been extended to October 15, 2020. The Reagan-Fascell program is an international exchange program that offers five-month fellowships to leading… Read more »
The world’s democracies are showing signs of strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Freedom House analysis. The report, titled Democracy Under Lockdown, says “the COVID-19 pandemic has… Read more »
Two decades ago, Robert Putnam published a book that provoked a small cottage industry’s worth of responses from pundits and scholars alike, notes Alexandra Hudson, a former policy advisor at… Read more »
Yuri Orlov, physicist who became a symbol of Soviet dissent, dies at 96 https://t.co/21j9gD1Mdr — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 1, 2020 Yuri Orlov, a Russian-born physicist who designed particle accelerators,… Read more »
Western policy-makers’ belief in democratic inevitability “blinded observers to the Chinese Communist Party’s overriding objective of retaining and growing its power,” according to a new analysis. “The mass internment of… Read more »
How can the West combat disinformation without curbing its own free speech? This was one of the questions raised in this week’s CEPA forum on Resilience in the Face of Authoritarianism…. Read more »