Cuba the focus for Autocracy, Inc.
Cuba is the latest focus for what National Endowment for Democracy (NED) board member Anne Applebaum calls Autocracy, Inc. As Russia and China, among other nations, are attempting to build… Read more »
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Southeast Asia’s authoritarian elections: Trajectories & policy options
A global recession of democracy and increasing democratic backsliding mean that so-called “authoritarian elections” have become more prominent, including in long-standing partner countries of Germany and the European Union, says… Read more »
How narratives shape support for authoritarian regimes
Different national stories can strengthen or weaken popular support for authoritarian regimes, a new book suggests. Classic democratic theory sees civic duty—an individual’s willingness to vote, pay taxes, serve in… Read more »
De-risking authoritarian AI to reboot democracy?
De-risking authoritarian AI | Simeon Gilding | https://t.co/T0qKTpEa4Z via @aspi_org — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 1, 2023 You may not be interested in artificial intelligence, but it is interested in… Read more »
EU rewards Tunisia’s authoritarian drift?
The European Union signed a major deal with Tunisia on Sunday, promising the North African country as much as €1 billion ($1.12 bn) in investment, financial aid and loans in… Read more »
Democracies face ‘greatest challenge’ since Cold War
Democracies and the rules-based international order are facing their “greatest challenge” since the Cold War, said President Tsai Ing-wen (above), calling for greater cooperation by democracies to counter authoritarian regimes…. Read more »
Democracy playbook will counter ‘springboard for extra-hemispheric authoritarians’
The democratic, relatively prosperous and largely pro-U.S. nature of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been a strategic asset for the United States for decades. Yet, the region today… Read more »
‘Xivilization’ – China’s authoritarian answer to crisis
China has launched the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) — the last of a trio of Xi Jinping’s ideological frameworks — as being central to “cultivating the garden of world civilization,”… Read more »
‘The greatest challenge of our age’? Authoritarian China
As the G7 leaders sent a strong message to Russia by inviting Volodymyr Zelensky to Hiroshima, another rival was also on their minds – China, the BBC reports: British Prime… Read more »
Iran’s looming succession crisis: Local democracy’s failure exposes Islamist authoritarianism
Volatility is likely to characterize the process by which Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s successor is chosen. It will be rather chaotic, with many spoilers and few sincere brokers, argues… Read more »