Just as the leaders of the Soviet Union were aware that the regime was ideologically bankrupt, Iran’s ruling elite knows that the Islamic Republic’s prevailing orthodoxy has no purchase on… Read more »
Democracy and human rights activists are expressing concern over the arrest of the brother of a prominent journalist, in the latest of a series of cases which have “chilled” Egypt’s… Read more »
A significant majority of Arab citizens favor a democratic political system, with 76% in favor and only 17% opposed, according to the largest opinion poll of its kind released by… Read more »
Iran’s attempts to interfere in democratic institutions and processes have been on the rise, says a new report. The Islamic Republic’s tools and tactics resemble those employed by both Russia… Read more »
The military-backed dictatorship of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is the most repressive in Egypt’s modern history, a Congressional committee heard yesterday. Despite al-Sisi’s claim that his iron grip is necessary… Read more »
On 25 August 2020, the Fifth “Terrorism Circuit” of the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Bahey eldin Hassan, (featured above), a veteran human rights defender, to 15 years in prison on… Read more »
The Tunisian Crisis and Migrations: Myths and Reality https://t.co/MVy9tgKx8X — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 13, 2020 A Tunisian populist politician who aligns herself with an ousted dictator has been… Read more »
#Lebanon civil society faces far stiffer opposition today than anything the embattled Syrians could mount in 2005, notes Shlomo Ben-Ami @ProSyn https://t.co/JEgTq79GFQ — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 11, 2020… Read more »
What kind of government leaves a mountain of explosive chemicals lying around unsafely for the better part of a decade? https://t.co/n8tQXZ0iwD — The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 7, 2020 After… Read more »
There is a concrete way for dethroned incumbents to evade the consequences of electoral defeat, observes Jan-Werner Müller, Professor of Politics at Princeton University. Consider the party of Turkish President… Read more »