“Crisis of democracy” is a cliché of our time. But what about the even more consequential crisis of autocracy? Just watch the meltdowns in China, Russia, Turkey and arguably Africa’s… Read more »
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is viewed as a gut-check moment in what U.S. President Joe Biden has described as the 21st -century contest between democracy and autocracy, CSM reports. The… Read more »
Is Russia on the road to dictatorship? The immense pressures generated by the war and Western sanctions could eventually bring about domestic political change in Russia, but the conceivable scenarios… Read more »
Savvy autocrats have deployed the three P’s of populism, polarization and post-truth to cultivate ‘stealthocracy’ – maintaining liberal democracy’s institutional architecture while gutting the substance of such norms as accountability,… Read more »
Only 34 of the earth’s 195 states are liberal democracies — where citizens enjoy free speech, free press, free and fair elections, and other liberties — according to the latest… Read more »
Afghan women and girls demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Education in Kabul on March 26, 2022, demanding that high schools be reopened for girls. (Photo by Ahmad SAHEL… Read more »
There are three Ukraine scenarios which currently seem most likely, argues FT analyst Gideon Rachman: The first — which is both the most tragic and the most probable — is… Read more »
Vladimir Putin made two miscalculations by invading Ukraine, notes Yaroslav Hrytsak, a historian at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. “First, he was hoping that, as had been the case… Read more »
Cuba has historically leveraged its healthcare sector to promote the Cuban Communist Party’s image, offer low-income countries an alternative source of assistance, and counteract pressure on foreign actors to condemn Cuba’s autocracy,… Read more »
Seven months after Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban, the UN Security Council today renewed the mandate of the the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), charging it with a… Read more »