Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City’s vast main plaza Sunday (February 26) to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s electoral law changes they say threaten democracy and could… Read more »
The result of the war in Ukraine will shape the perceived efficacy of autocracy and democracy, one observer suggests. Is the world witnessing a revisionist moment? the Munich Security Report… Read more »
The United States and its global partners should double down in 2023 to shape the contest unfolding between democrats and despots that will define the post-Cold War order, according to… Read more »
The recent protests in China have rippled well beyond the mainland, to cities around the world with large contingents of Chinese students — even Hong Kong, where the pro-democracy protests… Read more »
Democracy advocates are not only fighting their own country’s authoritarian regimes, but confront affluent autocratic alliances that act more like a business agglomeration – Autocracy, Inc. – than nation states,… Read more »
Prodemocracy protests have been erupting with regularity all over the world in the past several years, from Belarus and Sudan to Hong Kong, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, notes Freedom House… Read more »
Putin is losing the war against Ukraine, against the West – and at home, but the third front — the one raging in Moscow — matters most, writes CEPA analyst… Read more »
It will take a clear, consistent collaborative effort amongst the world’s democracy experts, activists, and leaders to push back against the global network of authoritarian leaders, says historian Anne Applebaum…. Read more »
Very composed #TurbanTossingpic.twitter.com/4Nd1lSeoyN — 1500tasvir_en (@1500tasvir_en) November 9, 2022 Russia’s national security chief visiting Iran discussed Ukraine and ways to combat “Western interference” in their internal affairs with his Iranian… Read more »
Vladimir Putin’s growing isolation and hardening autocracy do not mean that he views using nuclear weapons as acceptable. It is the one thing that might cause the entire world, including… Read more »