In early April, the Kremlin’s goal — the dismantling of Ukraine—was discussed in an article titled “What Should Russia Do with Ukraine?” notes Mariupol-born Olexiy Minakov, a columnist for leading… Read more »
How to increase faith in democracy? Tarek Masoud asks. At a recent Harvard seminar, the co-editor of the Journal of Democracy presented data from the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project… Read more »
As Rosaria Puglisi pointed out in A People’s Army: Civil Society as a Security Actor in Post-Maidan Ukraine, “the large-scale mobilization of Ukrainian society is … arguably EuroMaidan’s most… Read more »
Regardless of what happens in this election, it will take generations to consolidate Philippine democracy, Columbia Journalism School’s @SheilaCoronel writes for @ForeignAffairs https://t.co/G5M8kfUdey — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) May 5, 2022… Read more »
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is viewed as a gut-check moment in what U.S. President Joe Biden has described as the 21st -century contest between democracy and autocracy, CSM reports. The… Read more »
@ZelenskyyUa‘s simple presence makes Kremlin ideology seem senseless. Born in 1978, a child of the U.S.S.R., speaks Russian… A Jew, he reminds us that democracy can be multicultural, @TimothyDSnyder writes… Read more »
Democratic resilience is increasingly invoked by policymakers as an aspect of foreign and security strategies, and as an aim of internally strengthening democratic practices, amid changing threat environments, researchers suggest…. Read more »
A “long twilight struggle” between democracy and communism required Americans to bear fresh burdens, John F. Kennedy said in his 1961 inauguration speech. Two years later, Hannah Arendt stated in… Read more »
The Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists today launched its annual report. “Defending Press Freedom in Times of Tension and Conflict” is written by the… Read more »
China today attacked Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky for meeting with exiled Tibetan leader Sikyong Penpa Tsering. The encounter is likely to aggravate already tense relations between China and the… Read more »