Taiwan’s democracy is a model for the world amid the global rise of authoritarianism, said Kenneth Wollack, chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The nation demonstrated that… Read more »
Civil society organizations’ access to resources does not only impact the existence and operations of CSOs themselves, but it also affects societies as a whole, says a briefer from the… Read more »
The European Union shouldn’t be building strategic, critical dependency on authoritarian regimes such as China, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday. Marin spoke as she arrived for the second… Read more »
Brazilian authorities granted the country’s elections chief broad power to order the takedown of online content in a bid to combat soaring misinformation ahead of this month’s election, the Times… Read more »
Public attitudes toward international politics are polarizing into two opposing blocs, a process accelerated by the war in Ukraine, according to a new report. University of Cambridge researchers “harmonized” data… Read more »
The two core components of liberal democracy—liberalism and democracy—have been diverging for some time. For most of the modern era, the two concepts went hand in hand, at least in… Read more »
As democratic backsliding has become a defining feature of global politics, it is crucial that international democracy supporters sharpen their strategies to address the formidable challenge it presents, say Carnegie… Read more »
Autocratic regimes like China and Russia exhibit weaknesses of two sorts, says Stanford’s Francis Fukuyama: First, the concentration of power in the hands of a single leader at the top… Read more »
Global internet freedom fell for the 12th straight year, led by Russia as well as by worsening conditions in Myanmar, Sudan and Libya, says a new report from Freedom House…. Read more »
How can democratic governments and politicians positively respond to shifting demographics in increasingly diverse societies? People claim that massive flows of immigration and demographic change have helped a wave of… Read more »