To people living in democracies, authoritarianism may seem like a long-forgotten part of history. For as long as they can remember, their fellow citizens have had the right to voice… Read more »
Viewed in the context of the Biden Administration’s foreign policy agenda, a democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG) strategy for Sudan could be a case study for turning democracy promotion… Read more »
We have been looking for the solution to disinformation in the wrong place, according to a leading analyst. Civil society, not governments or social media companies, can best diminish disinformation…. Read more »
This is the darkest moment for freedom in half a century, according to Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at… Read more »
Britain’s domestic security agency, MI5, sent an unusual alert on Thursday to lawmakers warning that an agent of the Chinese government was actively working to subvert the political processes of… Read more »
Although the full impact of December’s Summit for Democracy remains unclear, the gathering did serve at least two purposes, Carnegie analysts Frances Z. Brown and Thomas Carothers observe: First, it… Read more »
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Chief Operations Officer Chief of Staff, Office of the President Grants Officer, Latin America, and the Caribbean (LAC) Program Officer/Program Officer, Africa Program Officer, Iraq… 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 »
At the recent Summit for Democracy, non-governmental actors– among them leading activists and dissidents – implored participating governments to stand up to kleptocracy, according to the official account. In the… Read more »
Digital capabilities are ideologically neutral and can serve authoritarian as well as democratic tendencies, so development donors must be wary of whom they partner with and how they deliver assistance… Read more »