The Ukraine invasion could embolden authoritarian regimes, including Iran, says philosopher and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Levy. “They are strongly allied with Putin and Russia. Iran belongs today to an alliance, a… Read more »
West Africa’s slide toward authoritarianism can be stopped, argues E. Gyimah-Boadi, Co-Founder and Board Chair of Afrobarometer and Co-Founder and Former CEO of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development. Popular support for… Read more »
@AmbPower44‘s address at @freedomhouse was the Biden administration’s latest attempt to articulate its agenda of democratic renewal, says Sarah B Snyder. But FH is not ‘a historically conservative’ NGO –… Read more »
The greatest theorist on war, Carl von Clausewitz, often explained that strategy must be dynamic, constantly changing and rejuvenating itself. In his famous treatise “On War,” he wrote that some… Read more »
China is increasingly targeting U.S. state and local officials in influence operations designed to further the objectives of the ruling Communist Party, according to a new report by a U.S…. Read more »
New Zealand’s Prime Minister has warned the West not to cast Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a broader battle between autocracy and democracy, saying it could undermine efforts to get… Read more »
An aggressive new generation of diplomatic “wolf warriors” is set to advance Xi Jinping’s mission to mobilize developing countries to defend Beijing from Western criticism and advance China’s authoritarian influence… Read more »
Arabs are losing faith in democracy to deliver economic stability across the Middle East and North Africa, according to a major new survey. Nearly 23,000 people were interviewed across nine… Read more »
I’ve often wondered, what does it take for a lone individual to stand up to a totalitarian system, and to risk it all for the right to speak and associate… Read more »
Nicaraguan police this week seized control of five towns led by democratic opponents of Daniel Ortega’s regime, The Post reports. The authorities are also using money laundering legislation, the Foreign… Read more »