Specter of 1936 haunts Beijing Olympics
Beijing would try “like Germany in 1936” to “use the spectacle” of the upcoming Olympic Games “to win a propaganda victory for its system of strict controls,” according to philanthropist… Read more »
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China’s Winter Olympics: Hard choices for the world’s democracies?
Chinese authorities have detained two prominent human-rights activists, quietly intensifying a crackdown on dissent weeks before Beijing hosts the most politicized Winter Olympics in recent memory, The Wall Street Journal… Read more »
Albania: From ‘Pyongyang of Europe’ to refugee haven
When The FT’s Alec Russell was last in Albania, 30 years ago, it was the basket case of Europe. Now, inspiringly, Albania has inverted that narrative and become a haven… Read more »
China’s sharp power poses a ‘threat unlike any other’
China poses a “threat unlike any other” nation in history, according to the chair of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee. The United States should strategically partner with allied democracies on… Read more »
Advancing democracy is ‘the cause of our time’ – in new strategic context
Defending and advancing democracy is “the cause of our time,” says Damon Wilson, President & CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Democracy has taken hits or is… Read more »
Hungary’s Orban tries to seize mantle of Christian Democracy?
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban is on a quest to remake European politics by seizing the mantle of European Christian Democracy and exporting his illiberal ideology, Amanda Coakley writes for… Read more »
Europe’s resourceful civil society a powerful tool for fighting disinformation
Lithuania’s elves (above) are just one branch of a surprisingly complex and creative network across Europe that is combating disinformation from local sources, Russia, and elsewhere, says Thomas Kent, a… Read more »
Safeguarding democracy from disinformation: China takes page from Russia’s playbook
China is taking a page from Russia’s disinformation playbook, observers suggest. The Chinese Communist Party has spent the past week publicly pushing conspiracy theories intended to cast doubt on the origins… Read more »
‘Political Reinvention’: How a democratic counteroffensive can win
We’re living at a transformational moment in history. The survival of open societies is endangered, according to George Soros, founder and chair of the Open Society Foundations. “As I… Read more »
Back to the future: Another populist, volatile ‘roaring twenties’?
The populist test to liberal democracy will remain robust throughout the 2020s, argues Yasmeen Serhan, a London-based staff writer at The Atlantic: Across Europe, populist leaders have displayed their willingness to… Read more »