Democracies must shift from a defensive posture in the face of autocratic resurgence and democratic decline, and seize the opportunity to reverse these trends at a potential “inflection point remembered… 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 democracy has never succeeded in being both diverse and equal. Yet, treating members of many different ethnic or religious groups fairly is central to the democratic project, Yascha Mounk… Read more »
As Saied steers #Tunisia toward a national dialogue & constitutional referendum that critics say may cement his authoritarian rule, pressure is growing on him to fulfill his pledge. https://t.co/SbbYhuZb1t —… Read more »
Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a virtual meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as both countries face mounting diplomatic pressure from the West. The meeting, announced on… 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 »
Thousands of Tunisians protesting against President Kais Saied’s seizure of political power four months ago tried to march on the suspended parliament on Sunday, as hundreds of police blocked off… Read more »
Contemporary authoritarianism is an existential test for democratic societies and the upcoming US-led Summit for Democracy offers an opportunity to ‘rethink’ democratic systems, says the Club of Madrid, the forum of… Read more »
Today, many democracies are making messy efforts to build consensus around countering China and other countries identified with digital authoritarianism. The British-led D-10, for example, seeks alternatives to China’s telecommunications… Read more »
Transatlanticism enhances democracy promotion and collective security in Europe and Asia, augmenting an international order shaped by deliberation and cooperation, argues Catholic University professor Michael C. Kimmage. So the Biden… Read more »