If the world is witnessing a new strategic competition between the world’s democracies and resurgent authoritarians, the latter are demonstrably more resolute, strategic and coordinated, according to a leading analyst…. Read more »
In sharp contrast to the ruling Communist Party’s claim to democratic credentials, Chinese leader Xi Jinping emerged from a party conclave this week not only more firmly ensconced in power… Read more »
Democracy v autocracy will be one of the coming year’s ten trends to watch, according to the Economist’s 2022 preview. America’s mid-term elections and China’s Communist Party congress will vividly… Read more »
Evan Mawarire, Marina Nemat and Wai Hnin Pwint Thon are among the many twenty first century’s freedom fighters — individuals who have risked their lives and liberty in a battle… Read more »
Global perceptions of US democracy have deteriorated to unprecedented negative levels, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. Meanwhile, the West’s democracies seem more interested in fighting over fish… Read more »
At a time of sharpening strategic competition between the democracies and resurgent authoritarians, are the principal axes of democratic solidarity in need of repair? The specter of conflict is haunting… Read more »
How long does it take an authoritarian populist to dismantle the institutions of a liberal democracy so completely that they become no longer salvageable? @JeremyCliffe asks in @NewStatesman https://t.co/c4QjhXLYxE —… Read more »
Democracy is not a dying cause; in fact, it is poised for a comeback, @NDI chair @madeleine Albright writes for @ForeignAffairs… https://t.co/x1HyjRg8Z5 via @ForeignAffairs — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 19,… Read more »
In today’s ideological competition between illiberal autocracy and liberal democracy, Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia have made major investments in tools for propagating their worldviews and explaining their policies. The United… Read more »
Held up by Western supporters and Arab sympathizers alike as proof that democracy could bloom in the Middle East, Tunisia now looks to many like a final confirmation of the… Read more »