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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After Ukraine: The rebirth of the liberal world order?
Vladimir Putin made two miscalculations by invading Ukraine, notes Yaroslav Hrytsak, a historian at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. “First, he was hoping that, as had been the case… Read more »
Like Russia, China aims to change the international order
China cannot endorse Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because the maintenance of territorial integrity is “primordial” in Beijing’s foreign policy, but nor can it align itself with a NATO that it… Read more »
Colombia’s elections of discontent
Many Colombians, tired of the country’s prolonged period of polarization, hoped this would be the year things changed, according to Theodore Kahn and Sylvana Amaya, senior analysts in Control Risks’… Read more »
New US-China Cold War is ‘desirable’ or ‘not inevitable’?
In the year before the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, campuses in China buzzed with debate about how to make the country more liberal. To some intellectuals the West offered… Read more »
‘A light in the dark’? Bolstering resilience for democracies to prevail
Despite challenges that intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, human rights defenders, civil society, independent media and other democratic forces have proven resilient, writes Ryan Arick, an assistant program officer at… Read more »
Indicators ‘do not bode well’ for democracy in Latin America
Democracy in Latin America faces serious challenges in 2022, says analyst Dinorah Azpuru, highlighting key points arising from leading indices, such as V-Dem, Freedom House, EIU, International IDEA and Vanderbilt… Read more »
A ‘Playbook Against Populism’?
The danger posed by populism lies in the damage leaders can do to the norms and institutions of liberal democracy. However, a new report finds that, in most of the… Read more »
The scarcest political resource: Why autocrats claim to be democrats
The world is witnessing an attack on democracy through the diminution of checks and balances, while authoritarian actors establish “democratic scenery” that includes elections, according to a leading analyst. Why… Read more »
Pushing back against authoritarianism: Is there a strategy?
Three decades ago, after the Berlin Wall fell and communism collapsed in the Soviet Union, the question of which model was prevailing wouldn’t even have seemed relevant. Democracy’s rise seemed… Read more »