Russia’s authorities are likely to use the FIFA World Cup to target journalists with their classic disinformation, notes StopFake. Based on almost three years of weekly reporting and analysis of the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign, researchers… Read more »
China’s totalitarian determination and modern technology have turned Xinjiang into a police state like no other, the Economist reports: China is applying artificial intelligence (AI) and mass surveillance to create… Read more »
The sudden emergence of a new popular movement and the dramatic fall of Serzh Sargsyan’s government give rise to a historic opportunity for democratic renewal in Armenia. The newly elected… Read more »
On Friday Pakistan moved toward its second democratic transition of power in its 71-year-old history as Nasirul Mulk, a retired judge, was sworn in as caretaker prime minister for two months to… Read more »
The Crisis of Democracy and Women’s Rights in the Americas is the subject of a discussion hosted by the Inter-American Dialogue, featuring Larissa Arroyo, director of Asociacion Ciudadana Acceder – ACCEDER;… Read more »
Digital Dangers & Civil Society: Firsthand Accounts from Global Activists is the subject of a discussion organized by the Information Safety and Capacity Project (left), highlighting the “global trend of… Read more »
Taiwan is a frontline state with experience in resisting China’s attempts to erode democracy, observers suggest. China has used various tactics to expand its influence in Taiwan and elsewhere, including… Read more »
In recent years, Peru’s political standing has been viewed positively both by the international community and by that country’s elites. This narrative was informed mainly by Peru’s booming economy, which, after… Read more »
The European Union has pledged €1.45bn to reinforce political and financial support for The Gambia’s democratic transition. “The#Gambia is showing to the world that freedom and democracy are about real people and… Read more »
Tunisians are aware of their country as the only one in the Arab world trying to make the Islamist–non-Islamist divide work in a genuinely democratic way, notes Thomas Carothers,… Read more »