Prodemocracy activists do not usually initiate or lead broad-based movements in authoritarian regimes and the success of such movements can hinge on undermining regime narratives, according to a new analysis… Read more »
“Democracy: A new hope?” is the theme of this year’s World Forum for Democracy, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The event, taking place from 7 to 9 November at the Council… Read more »
We cannot allow Ukraine to fail financially through no fault of its own, says Anders Åslund, a senior fellow at the Stockholm Free World Forum, and the author of Russia’s… Read more »
Imprisoned Russian opposition figure and vocal Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been awarded the 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, say reports: Awarded every year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the… Read more »
UN experts today reiterated calls for the release of Ales Bialiatski after the Nobel Committee’s decision to symbolically award him the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for his fearless work promoting… Read more »
Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, amid a war in their region that… Read more »
Samarkand is hosting the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to discuss Iran’s prospective membership in the group while Belarus has also applied to join the group, Crux reports… Read more »
In the latest issue of The Atlantic, George Packer, Anne Applebaum, and Franklin Foer tell the story of life on the front lines of democracy as Ukrainians (and their neighbors)… Read more »
International democracy support organizations (DSOs) are adopting more creative approaches in response to increasingly difficult country environments, including the closing of civic space and restrictions on civil society characteristic of… Read more »
New Zealand’s Prime Minister has warned the West not to cast Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a broader battle between autocracy and democracy, saying it could undermine efforts to get… Read more »