Who’s in and who’s out? Democracy Summit shouldn’t be a photo op
US President Joe Biden made it an early theme of his term in office, that democracy is under attack. “We’re at an inflection point,” he told an audience in Germany… Read more »
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‘Authoritarian encroachment’ vs democratic renewal
One reason many countries were willing to embrace democratic models was the success of the US and other Western nations in the 20th century. But if democracy no longer looks… Read more »
How EU bankrolled anti-democratic rebellion
Poland and Hungary have used the largesse of the European Union to undermine democracy and the rule of law, according to a new Bloomberg analysis: The awkward truth is that… Read more »
‘Lenin would be baffled’ – Putin’s Russia today
Today many Russian democrats, desperate to get Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin, find themselves voting for the Communists. They are well aware of the irony, the Economist reports: But,… Read more »
‘Blank Check’: Who’s enabling kleptocracy?
On September 15, 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a $67.38 million loan to Equatorial Guinea under a Rapid Financing Instrument to help the country address the COVID-19 pandemic and catastrophic accidental… Read more »
Existential threats: Western democracy ‘looking at its nadir’?
India and Pakistan are in. Turkey and Hungary are not. That’s the still-tentative plan, anyway, as the White House has begun to send out invitations for the forthcoming “Summit for… Read more »
MZP – Hungarian democracy’s last chance?
How long does it take an authoritarian populist to dismantle the institutions of a liberal democracy so completely that they become no longer salvageable? @JeremyCliffe asks in @NewStatesman https://t.co/c4QjhXLYxE —… Read more »
Civil society key to CEE’s democratic security
While reinforcing transnational cooperation between democratic allies, serious challenges confront the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) of 12 EU member states — all located in the east of Europe in between… Read more »
Tunisia: How Arab Spring’s gains have withered
Held up by Western supporters and Arab sympathizers alike as proof that democracy could bloom in the Middle East, Tunisia now looks to many like a final confirmation of the… Read more »
Don’t close EU door on Western Balkans
The European Union is signaling a watershed reversal of its enlargement policy, as reports out of Brussels suggest that EU leaders no longer support an assured path to membership for Western… Read more »