U.S. credibility in advancing democracy and human rights worldwide was damaged by the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, Secretary of State Antony Blinken argued this week…. Read more »
Expanding established State Department-funded National Endowment for Democracy (NED) fellowships and exchange programs should be part of a revamp of U.S. democracy assistance, argues Mason Ingram, global governance director at… Read more »
The importance the Biden administration places on partnerships based on shared values will be shown by who it chooses to work with and on which issues as it tries to… Read more »
America’s ability to champion democracy and human rights worldwide was damaged by the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Citing… Read more »
Police fired guns into the air, reportedly injuring several people, and used water cannons during the fourth day of nationwide demonstrations against last week’s military coup. Meanwhile, a journalist and… Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating social and economic repercussions have provided a golden opportunity for malevolent actors to push anti-Western narratives into the mainstream, notes analyst Daniel Milo…. Read more »
Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s regime is maintaining control through large-scale repression, with reports of the regime killing protesters or putting them behind bars for years, as well as lower level fines and arrests of people simply… Read more »
China has closed down the audio-only social network iPhone app Clubhouse which has seen an explosion of new users in the last week, including Chinese people discussing politics. According to… Read more »
Nayib Bukele won El Salvador’s presidency on an anti-corruption platform, excoriating the malfeasance of the two wartime parties that had governed the country since the 1980s, note Noah Bullock and… Read more »
UNHRC Condemnations, 2006-2021: 🇰🇵 North Korea 13 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 0 🇻🇪 Venezuela 2 🇵🇰 Pakistan 0 🇸🇴 Somalia 0 🇧🇾 Belarus 11 🇪🇷 Eritrea 10 🇮🇱 Israel 90 🇹🇷 Turkey… Read more »