Ukraine’s remarkable resilience will be highlighted when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday amid Russia’s ongoing war against his country, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate… Read more »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, surrounded by several top officials, addressed the country Friday night local time from the doorstep of the presidential administration in central Kyiv to show he and… Read more »
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO membership was often seen as a path toward EU integration among the new democracies of central and eastern Europe. But since NATO… Read more »
Vladimir Putin’s distorted narrative on Ukraine is a chastening reminder of the pernicious prevalence of autocratic discourses and the democratic imperative to refute them. Significant segments of political leadership and… Read more »
The emergence of China as a regional power in the Asia Pacific has largely negative implications for democratization prospects in the region, according to a new report from the Asia… Read more »
In his speech to the Russian nation on Monday, President Vladimir V. Putin buoyed his case for codifying the cleavage of two rebel territories from Ukraine by arguing that the… Read more »
Protest is dangerous. Talk of democracy & political change is dangerous. To keep them from spreading, Russia’s rulers must maintain careful control over the life of the nation, @NEDemocracy board… Read more »
“No task seems more urgent than the protection of democracy at home and abroad,” for President Joe Biden, notes James Traub, a nonresident fellow at New York University’s Center on… Read more »
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 »
The COVID pandemic preyed more on weaker democracies and fragile states while political systems with strong rule of law and separation of powers have proved more resilient, notes the new… Read more »