No Limits: ‘Totalitarian’ China’s War with the West
Xi Jinping wants to reshape the world order in a way that would please autocrats. He presents China’s authoritarian model as a plausible alternative to the West, notes Roger McShane,… Read more »
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From resilience to recovery: Civil society is Ukraine’s ‘second line of defense’
If Vladimir Putin is allowed to prevail and sell the war in Ukraine as a victory to his people, it will reinforce Russia’s aggressive posture, embolden the use of force… Read more »
China playing ‘aggressive games’ with democracies
Justin Trudeau has warned that China is “play[ing] aggressive games” to undermine democratic institutions amid reports Beijing actively interfered in Canada’s federal elections. His comments on Monday came after a news… Read more »
Autocracy Inc. – ‘Russia is the storm, China is climate change’
Group of Seven foreign ministers gathered on Thursday to weigh how to support Ukraine through the winter in the face of Russian attacks on its power grid as well as… Read more »
New reparations model makes Kremlin kleptocracy pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction
Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction should be financed by funds sanctioned from the Kremlin’s kleptocrats, argues Azeem Ibrahim, Director of Special Initiatives at the New Lines Institute of Strategy and Policy. In thirteen… Read more »
Tech favors tyranny? AI’s ‘existential threat’ to democracy
Artificial intelligence has “turbo-charged” existing forms of repression, giving authoritarian regimes disturbing new “social engineering tools” to monitor and shape citizen behavior, says Stanford University’s Eileen Donahoe. “We are in… Read more »
Foreign Malign Influence Center would counter autocratic coercion
Putin’s and Xi’s exploitation of the autocrat’s playbook is posing profound challenges for democratic societies across continents, according to a new analysis. Moscow and Beijing have some significant advantages over… Read more »
Taiwan a model of democratic resilience against global authoritarianism
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 »
Disinformation fuels political violence risk
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 »
Rare protest against China’s ‘despotic traitor’ days before CCP Congress
A one-person protest in Beijing (above) has called for elections, an end to the country’s strict “zero covid” policy and the removal of “dictator” Xi Jinping, in a rare display… Read more »