Pro-democracy Russians who reject the totalitarian Putin regime are doing what they can to help Ukraine liberate all occupied territories and restore its territorial integrity. We are also planning for the… Read more »
Half of the world’s democracies are in decline, undermined by such challenges as curbs on freedom of expression and distrust in the legitimacy of elections, according to a new report… Read more »
Why do dictatorships emerging from social revolutions endure, even in the face of economic crisis, policy failure, mass discontent, and external pressure? In Revolution and Dictatorship, Steven Levitsky and Lucan… Read more »
A promising cross-sector initiative has the potential to create a platform for advancing democracy in the Indo-Pacific region, says a leading protagonist. At a recent forum of the Sunnylands Initiative,… Read more »
China’s ruling Communist Party has developed a new artificial intelligence tool that allows authorities to monitor party members’ loyalty to the regime, reports suggest. China’s Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center… Read more »
China’s authoritarian surveillance state crushed Covid-19 when it first appeared in Wuhan in early 2020 and trumpeted that success to the world. Now, more than two years later, the Omicron variant… Read more »
Why do autocrats like Maduro, Ortega, Putin, Lukashenko, et al, take the trouble to mount elections that everyone knows are false? asks Moisés Naím, author of the forthcoming The Revenge of… Read more »
“From shuttering or co-opting the free press, to banishing political opponents, to eliminating free and fair elections and then repeatedly declaring himself the people’s choice, the Hun Sen regime continues… Read more »
Police fired guns into the air, reportedly injuring several people, and used water cannons during the fourth day of nationwide demonstrations against last week’s military coup. Meanwhile, a journalist and… Read more »
Myanmar’s coup d’état has thrust China back into the uncomfortable position it held for years with Myanmar: as the principal defender of a military dictatorship facing an international firestorm… Read more »