Circling the square: Will China’s youth rebel again?
China’s freedom-seeking youths last rose up in 1989. Might they again? the Economist asks. The country’s youth merit attention for the simple reason that they will one day be the… Read more »
Internationalism’s last chance: A vision for democratic solidarity
For the United States to remain a credible leader of the free world, the world must see that American democracy, which today looks neither efficient nor stable, is once again… Read more »
Internet vs. democracy? Or a democratic vision of digital society?
Democracies must recognize that we are in a geopolitical battle over the governance model that will dominate in the 21st century digital context, argues Eileen Donahoe (right), Executive Director of Stanford’s Global… Read more »
Blame the media or the media illiterate?
Following the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week, people on the left and right have blamed Fox News, CNN, and NPR for their apparent role in the act of… Read more »
‘Time is ripe’ for global democracy summit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of Australia, India, and South Korea to the G7 Summit, which Britain is hosting this summer, marking the first time that the… Read more »
Democratic ‘force multipliers’ can outcompete China, says Blinken
Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken today outlined his vision for a revitalized foreign service and diplomatic corps in his opening statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, promising to… Read more »
Counterintuitive? Never been a better time to advance democracy
The riot at the Capitol on January 6 brought American democracy “to its knees,” said US Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT). But that shouldn’t prevent the United States from trying… Read more »
Chaos in U.S. democracy is ‘no gift to autocrats’
Does the deepening of cracks in America’s political system actually boost the legitimacy of China and other authoritarian regimes? a prominent analyst asks. The fact is that damage to America’s… Read more »
‘Future Nostalgia’: Latin America’s democracies in 2021
Citizens of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela have suffered for too long under the despotic rule of Castrismo, Orteguismo and Chavismo-Madurismo, says Miriam Kornblith (right), the Senior Director for Latin America and the Caribbean… Read more »
China ‘in darkest period’ since Tiananmen: ‘Crimes against humanity – and possibly genocide’
China has possibly committed “genocide” in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the U.S. Congress said in a… Read more »