China Vs. Democracy: The Greatest Game
The great question facing the free world is how to deal with China in this new era of competition, argues analyst Michael Auslin. One answer is provided in a new “handbook”… Read more »
Category: democratic values
Internet’s ‘informational chaos’ threatens democracy
As ‘fake news’ and disinformation campaigns continue to impact societies and politics, a new report from the Forum on Information and Democracy offers 250 recommendations for social media platforms and governments… Read more »
Countering ‘Strongmen’: Renew commitment to democratic values
U.S. foreign policy needs to return to its past focus on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, says a prominent analyst. This does not mean imposing American values… Read more »
Amartya Sen’s 5 keywords – choice, capability, freedom, justice and democracy
In the harsh Machiavellian world that we live in, politics appears far too murky to come close to the normative ideal of liberal democracy that Amartya Sen holds on to… Read more »
Global public ‘not buying’ China’s sharp power propaganda
Chinese President Xi Jinping appears to be further consolidating his control of the ruling Communist Party, but Beijing’s overseas influence operations are looking a little ragged. The Central Committee’s just-concluded… Read more »
Is this democratic experiment ‘on life support’?
Extreme intolerance has replaced the liberal notion of negotiated compromise that is the sine qua non of democracy, argues Andrew A. Michta, dean of the College of International and… Read more »
Values-driven democracy can punch above its weight
The new great power competition is driven by geo–political change as other regions of the world are rising to greater economic strength and international influence alongside that of ‘the West’…. Read more »
Authoritarian digital influence: Grappling with the new normal
Many authoritarian regimes have a common interest in not merely burnishing their own images internationally, but in sowing distrust in democracy and the rule of law generally, argues Shanthi Kalathil,… Read more »
When pandemics meet democracy
The covid-19 pandemic may represent one of the most serious challenges to global democracy since before the “third wave” of democratization began in the mid-1970s, according to The Journal of… Read more »
Democratic disconnect: Millennials the most disillusioned generation ‘in living memory’
Young people are less satisfied with democracy and more disillusioned than at any other time in the past century, especially in Europe, North America, Africa and Australia, a study by… Read more »