This year’s Globsec Bratislava Forum takes place “on the frontline of democracy,” said the group’s president Robert Vass. Just 500km away, “people are paying the highest price for values… Read more »
Belarus is experiencing a de facto occupation by Russia but the country’s people are supporting the Ukrainians in their war with Moscow, according to Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. “Should… Read more »
The experience of Afghanistan over the past 20 years illustrates the problems and contradictions inherent in the democracy-promotion agenda, The Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Democracy Index asserts. The issue of… Read more »
And other events ……… The U.S. Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development host a Summit for Democracy: Year of Action Kick-Off Meeting with Civil Society. February… Read more »
After the 1953 uprising against East Germany’s Communist regime, Bertolt Brecht wrote the satirical poem “Die Lösung” (The Solution): After the uprising of the 17th of June The Secretary of the Writers’ Union… Read more »
Combatting the authoritarian surge will require the world’s democracies to act as a community of action to uphold a free and open order, argues Daniel Twining, the president of the… Read more »
One of the great achievements of the U.S. and its allies was crafting a world system in which liberal democracy is regarded as the sole form of legitimate government, notes… Read more »
When Russians took to the streets in the tens of thousands on January 23 in the biggest wave of nationwide protests in years to demand the release of jailed opposition… Read more »
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 »
A promising sign that Aleksandr Lukashenko’s days in power might be numbered is emerging among the Belarusian security forces, say two leading analysts. To maintain his grip on power, the… Read more »