For more than a decade and a half, autocratic regimes have made a concerted effort to hollow out from within critical institutions safeguarding fundamental freedoms, notes Christopher Walker (@Walker_CT), the vice president… Read more »
While reinforcing transnational cooperation between democratic allies, serious challenges confront the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) of 12 EU member states — all located in the east of Europe in between… Read more »
Combatting the authoritarian surge will require the world’s democracies to act as a community of action to uphold a free and open order, argues Daniel Twining, the president of the… Read more »
Misinformation is about to get worse, says former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Many people believe that the lying in misinformation on social media should be prohibited, but he doesn’t… Read more »
Liberal democracies have failed to cooperate on protecting the future of the internet from authoritarian challengers, a new analysis suggests. Despite shared values, cooperation is not as simple as commonly… Read more »
Democracy is not self-repairing. It requires constant attention, notes Fiona Hill, the Robert Bosch Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe. No country, no… Read more »
The Biden administration hopes to bring democracies together in a new alliance against autocratic powers led by Beijing, notes a new analysis from the European Council on Foreign Relations. It… Read more »
Journal of Democracy co-editor Larry Diamond, JOD contributor Sheri Berman, National Endowment for Democracy (NED) board member Minxin Pei and former NED board members Francis Fukuyama, William Galston and Suzanne… Read more »
Government-imposed internet shutdowns are on the rise globally, with devastating impacts on affected communities. Fighting back requires shining a light where governments impose the dark, says a study published in… Read more »
The Balkans Don’t Believe the EU Anymore, Atlantic Council analysts Benjamin Haddad and Damir Marusic argue in Foreign Policy. The fact that EU members such as Hungary and Poland are backsliding… Read more »