Rising Authoritarian Threat of Sharp Power
The Rising Authoritarian Threat of Sharp Power The Comittee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Forum 2000 Foundation and… Read more »
Category: National Endowment for Democracy
‘Disinformation vaccination’ needed? Russia already meddling in 2018 elections
Russia is already beginning to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections and the U.S. is ill-prepared to combat it, according to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. He raised the… Read more »
Timbuktu Renaissance counters Mali’s jihadists
In 2012, jihadists took over this Malian city. After liberation, the threat is far from over – but artists are getting back on stage, The Guardian’s Ruth Maclean reports… Read more »
Kyrgyzstan: optimism tempered by corruption concerns
Kyrgyzstan’s citizens demonstrate sustained optimism over the country’s trajectory and economic performance, tempered by an overwhelmingly high number who think corruption is a problem, according to a nationwide poll by the International… Read more »
EU moves to counter autocrats’ influence in the Balkans
The European Union sought on Tuesday to reinvigorate the membership ambitions of six Balkan states and reclaim the region as its own amid growing Russian and Chinese influence, setting… Read more »
Vatican ‘capitulates’ to China – a sign of Beijing’s growing sharp power?
China and the Vatican will establish formal diplomatic relations sooner or later because Pope Francis has the “wisdom” to resolve problems between the two sides, a state-run Chinese newspaper said… Read more »
‘Hyperdemocratization’ not to blame for western democracies’ ills
While concerns about illiberalism, populism, and majoritarianism are certainly well-founded, blaming such phenomena on an “excess” of democracy is not, notes Barnard College professor Sheri Berman, a contributor to the… Read more »
Authoritarian Advance: Responding to China’s Growing Political Influence
Two new studies suggest that Europe’s embrace of China, even as it warns against Russian meddling, might benefit from a certain degree of wariness. When it comes to Beijing, they argue,… Read more »
Will autocrats darken new dawn for Eurasia?
In the Dawn of Eurasia, Dr Bruno Maçães argues that the artificial separation of the world’s largest island cannot hold, The Henry Jackson Society reports. While China and Russia have… Read more »
Bahraini exile campaigns against crackdown
Bahraini authorities have deported eight stateless Bahrainis, whom they had previously stripped of their citizenship, since January 29, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The deportations followed an appeals court… Read more »