The authors of this article urge countries in the Kremlin’s crosshairs to preemptively identify societal vulnerabilities to hybrid warfare. https://t.co/mzvGi6Mz0o — Texas NatSec Review (@TXNatSecReview) February 2, 2022 How can… Read more »
The COVID pandemic preyed more on weaker democracies and fragile states while political systems with strong rule of law and separation of powers have proved more resilient, notes the new… Read more »
Alternate states of democratic retreat and democratic renewal characterize European politics, according to Carnegie’s Richard Youngs. Small-scale democratic initiatives are taking shape across Europe, and the popular momentum behind them is… Read more »
Moldova could be led for the first time by two women after President Maia Sandu on Friday appointed a close political partner Natalia Gavrilita as Prime Minister-designate, Balkan… Read more »
A member of the family of Azerbaijan’s autocratic ruler sits on the board of a University of Oxford research center that studies the country, raising conflict of interest concerns for… Read more »
The year 2020 brought us mostly bad news regarding the state of global democracy, though there were some preliminary signs that things might yet turn around, notes Francis Fukuyama, a… Read more »
Factory workers, students and business owners in Belarus on Monday began a strike to demand that authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko resign after more than two months of continuing mass protests… Read more »
After more than a week in hiding following a disputed election, the president of Kyrgyzstan — Central Asia’s only democracy — on Thursday announced his plans to resign, saying he… Read more »
Russia’s foreign minister said Wednesday that Moscow will respond in kind to the European Union’s sanctions over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, The Post reports: Last week,… Read more »
Check out the latest preview from @NEDemocracy‘s @JoDemocracy https://t.co/PUcHRI5q7S — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 22, 2020 The revolution in Belarus will be recalled for several features that make it unique,… Read more »