Afghanistan a year on: Consequences and responsibilities
Ending the “forever war” in Afghanistan, a priority of President Joe Biden’s, was arguably a humble acknowledgment of the limits of America’s ability to fix the world. It was also… Read more »
Category: Democracy Digest
A year after Taliban takeover, Afghans in Albania still dream
Pashtana Rasool (below) was involved in spearheading democratic efforts in Afghanistan as the Executive Director of the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization or AFCECO, Una Hajdari writes for Euronews. … Read more »
Xi Jinping’s ‘Guns of August’ threaten Taiwan?
Increasingly, it appears that China’s president is turning to nationalism as a substitute for economic growth as a source of political legitimacy, says Council on Foreign Relations chief Richard Haass…. Read more »
Guatemala’s narco-kleptocracy perfects corrupt system
Guatemala’s narco-kleptocracy has perfected a closed electoral system that rewards and empowers corrupt candidates and parties, argues celebrated novelist Francisco Goldman. Under Presidents Giammattei and Morales, Attorney General María Consuelo… Read more »
Why Taiwan matters
Taiwan exhibits strong democratic tendencies, not because it has undergone a Westernizing cultural transformation, according to Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. Until 2000, the KMT regime leveraged Confucian values… Read more »
Pandemic’s impact demonstrated democratic resilience?
Democracy’s resilience was demonstrated during the COVID 19 pandemic, when democratic practices adapted in innovative ways, observers suggest. Some countries managed to hold elections in exceedingly difficult conditions, for instance… Read more »
Democracy’s Achilles heel threatens Ukraine’s ‘remarkable’ resilience?
The Ukraine invasion could embolden authoritarian regimes, including Iran, says philosopher and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Levy. “They are strongly allied with Putin and Russia. Iran belongs today to an alliance, a… Read more »
The Southern Mirror: Engaging democratic actors in the ‘Global South’
In an era of geopolitical competition, Europe believes it offers an approach based upon multilateralism and international solidarity, but it needs to understand perceptions in the Global South and improve… Read more »
Iron net: China exporting digital repression to MENA
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are leading exponents of digital authoritarianism in MENA, while China also exports repressive technologies to the region, analyst James Lynch writes in a new report… Read more »
Democracy’s strategic narrative: A case for optimism?
Strategic narratives about the future vary, but they tend to take one of two rough forms, argues Tufts University’s Daniel W. Drezner: Actors with positive expectations believe that the future… Read more »