The Chinese government is the world’s most prolific perpetrator of transnational repression, accounting for 253 incidents, or 30 per cent of all recorded cases of direct, physical transnational repression since… Read more »
South Asian democracies enter the 2023-2024 electoral years in a precarious state, as the rise of illiberal regimes, corrupted electoral processes, and more has led to democratic backsliding, the International… Read more »
President Joe Biden will convene world leaders beginning on March 29, 2023, for the Summit for Democracy, a virtual event being touted as an opportunity to “reflect, listen and learn” with… Read more »
The U.S. Department of State has announced the winners of the annual Global Human Rights Defender Awards, determined by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. From working to… Read more »
Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s leading opposition figure, returned home on Wednesday after more than two years in exile, one of the strongest indications yet that efforts by the East African nation’s… Read more »
How does political polarization affect democracy over the long-term? The findings of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) data set are “not encouraging,” say Carnegie analysts Jennifer McCoy and Benjamin Press. Severe polarization… Read more »
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Chief Operations Officer Chief of Staff, Office of the President Grants Officer, Latin America, and the Caribbean (LAC) Program Officer/Program Officer, Africa Program Officer, Iraq… Read more »
In some ways, President Joe Biden’s long-promised Summit for Democracy could not be better timed, POLITICO’s Nahal Toosi observes. The virtual gathering, set for Thursday and Friday, comes as people… Read more »
Reagan-Fascell Fellowships The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program offers five-month fellowships to leading democracy activists, journalists, civil society leaders, and scholars from around the world to conduct independent projects at the National… Read more »
The #Biden Administration will need to prioritize democracy assistance to ensure a more secure world for all Americans. How? @IRIglobal’s @jansurotchak & @patrickwquirk explain in @americanpurpose https://t.co/AbwzngvRoV — IRI… Read more »