Autocratic resurgence vs democratic renewal: 7-3 halftime score?
Liberal democracy is back to where it was in 1989, says the most recent report from the Varieties of Democracy Institute (V–Dem) – in other words, the massive gains in… Read more »
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Kara-Murza demonstrates ‘you cannot equate Russia to its regime’
Evgenia Kara-Murza (above) from Daniel Lippman on Vimeo. The massive economic sanctions brought against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have not only punished Russian elites — they have also prompted… Read more »
Putin nemesis reveals the ‘real money’ funding Kremlin’s war
A trillion dollars: That’s how much money famed investor Bill Browder believes Vladimir Putin and Russian oligarchs have stolen from the Russian people since the fall of the Soviet Union,… Read more »
Can the West pierce Russia’s ‘Digital Iron Curtain’?
The arrest of leading Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza highlights the threat to democracy and civil society activists. His case is an instance of ‘classic’ repression, according to Le Monde,… Read more »
China (like Russia) ‘trapped in authoritarian feedback loop’
Are man-made crises like the one in Shanghai inevitable under China’s authoritarian system? China is facing what is arguably the worst crisis in governance since the end of the Cultural… Read more »
‘Outraged by his courage,’ Kremlin arrests prophet of Putin’s downfall
Russian police have arrested the leading opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza on unknown charges and sentenced him to 15 days in jail after he called the government a “regime of murderers.”… Read more »
The price of hegemony
The war in Ukraine has provided a new impetus for closer collaboration among most democracies. Even if there is a ceasefire and peace settlement, Russian decline has accelerated, the Atlantic… Read more »
Democracies’ trade-off – between resilience and redlines
Now freighted with evidence of mass atrocities and war crimes, the Russo-Ukrainian war is the strongest geopolitical and moral earthquake in Europe since the Cold War. The effects will thus… Read more »
Democracy v autocracy? Hungary, Serbia set the stage for battles within democracies
Ukraine is not the only place where the contest between autocracy and democracy is taking place. It is also happening within several European democracies, through elections rather than military conflict…. Read more »
Putin will face ‘systemic backlash’: Russia’s oligarchs ‘going through an existential crisis’
Vladimir Putin’s inner circle has been “extremely upset and shocked at the turn of events” in Ukraine, according to a leading analyst. “I mean Putin was there essentially as the… Read more »