While the world’s eyes are on the diplomatic surge trying to head off a Russian invasion of Ukraine, WBUR reports, for Ukrainians themselves, there’s also something else — the feeling… Read more »
This week, a major university in D.C. found itself in the position of censoring criticism of the Chinese government by removing art posters highlighting Beijing’s human rights abuses during the… Read more »
Supporting independent quality media and civil society while developing funding schemes beyond geographical areas, are just two of the ways in which democratic actors can reduce the impact of foreign… Read more »
Protest is dangerous. Talk of democracy & political change is dangerous. To keep them from spreading, Russia’s rulers must maintain careful control over the life of the nation, @NEDemocracy board… Read more »
Millions of lives were lost just in the 20th century as a result of failed attempts to create an independent Ukrainian state, says Olga Tokariuk, an independent journalist and researcher… Read more »
A group of 67 Afghan citizens, employees of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as well as their family members, arrived at the Skopje… Read more »
The pathway to a democratic renewal begins by supporting those on the front lines, says a leading democracy advocate. Whether an anonymous blogger, an imprisoned human rights defender, a next… Read more »
When The FT’s Alec Russell was last in Albania, 30 years ago, it was the basket case of Europe. Now, inspiringly, Albania has inverted that narrative and become a haven… Read more »
Is the failure of democratic leaders to effectively champion democratic values and rights a factor in enabling the rise of autocrats? Autocratic leaders faced significant backlash in 2021, but democracy… Read more »
The democratic recession was “hotly contested” in a striking surge of protests across the world in 2021, new research suggests. Whereas 2020 demonstrated the resilience of protests amid the coronavirus pandemic,… Read more »