Excessive use of emergency powers and limitations of media freedoms have raised concerns that Covid-19 is infecting democracy itself, a new analysis observes. How do government responses to Covid-19 violate… Read more »
Battles of Influence: Deliberate Disinformation and Global Health Security https://t.co/MZDgt21A2A — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 24, 2020 In the twenty-first century, it is truer than ever that competitions and… Read more »
Democracies have long claimed to have several advantages over authoritarian regimes – such as sound governance and effectiveness in wartime – based on the open marketplace of ideas and freedom… Read more »
Read this from @institutegc https://t.co/4PiTp0aDri — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 17, 2020 While Covid-19 may hurt the populists who have downplayed it, it is unlikely to kill populism, according… Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic is evidence that Russia and China have accelerated adoption of their age-old influence and disinformation tactics to the modern era. Previously, nations such as the Soviet Union… Read more »
“No to Gaza, no to Lebanon, my life only for #Iran.” Anti Islamic Republic protests in Behbahan, #Iran. https://t.co/1y6M3sOzub — Alireza Nader علیرضا نادر (@AlirezaNader) July 16, 2020 Iran… Read more »
Corruption, populism, nationalism and disinformation have eroded faith in liberal democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, according to a new report – which says many people would trade in some… Read more »
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has criticized China for creating “disinformation” during the coronavirus pandemic, saying it “will cost lives,” Bloomberg reports. “It is troubling that some countries are… Read more »
A National Endowment for Democracy (NED) grantee today received the Distinguished Reporting Award of the 2020 European Press Prize for Fighting China’s Surveillance State by Isobel Cockerell (UK), published by Coda… Read more »
It’s the culture, stupid. The successes of Hong Kong, Taiwan and the rest of the Chinese diaspora have always been an embarrassment for Beijing, says Arthur Tam, a former editor… Read more »