Democracy deteriorated in the 29-state region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia in 2022, according to the latest Nations in Transit report from Freedom House. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine… Read more »
For years, industry, governments, and civil society have grappled with how to address the potential harm from state media while protecting people’s right to information in the digital domain, note… Read more »
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, today expressed his concern over the deepening crackdown against perceived political opponents and civil society in Tunisia, including through measures taken by… Read more »
The president of the European Parliament has warned that “European democracy is under attack”, following allegations that Qatar bribed EU officials to win influence, the BBC reports: Roberta Metsola said… Read more »
A completely unnecessary war has started, born out of one man’s nostalgia, paranoia and fear of losing power, Anne Applebaum tweeted. Like the Russian czars before him—like Stalin, like Lenin—Putin… Read more »
Has Venezuela’s social and cultural pluralism resisted Chavismo’s efforts at cooptation to provide an alternative to an authoritarian regime or does the country face only dim scenarios? Think tanks and… Read more »
Russia’s leader faces a backlash from the generation that has lost out under his rule, notes analyst Natia Seskuria. Young people are becoming more politically active. After 21 years of Putin’s… Read more »
The White House today issued a notice for the continuation of the national emergency with respect to Sudan with respect to UN sanctions obligations related to the conflict in Darfur,… Read more »
Western policy-makers’ belief in democratic inevitability “blinded observers to the Chinese Communist Party’s overriding objective of retaining and growing its power,” according to a new analysis. “The mass internment of… Read more »
A new set of assumptions should underpin U.S. foreign policy. Contrary to the optimistic predictions made in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse, widespread political liberalization and the growth… Read more »