Since 2014, Russia’s engagement with Africa has increased significantly in ways that threaten democracy on the continent, the National Democratic Institute reports. Developments in Africa and Russia’s embroilment in the… Read more »
Often considered a beacon of democracy in the post-Soviet space, Georgia faces a major turn toward authoritarianism, note Kornely Kakachia and Bidzina Lebanidze, director and senior analyst, respectively, at the Georgian Institute… Read more »
Georgia’s ruling party said on Thursday it was dropping a bill on “foreign agents” after two nights of violent protests against what opponents said was a Russian-inspired authoritarian shift that… Read more »
The current wave of social unrest in Peru is not an isolated incident. In the past three years, similar demonstrations have taken place in Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador, with locals… Read more »
Is the world standing on the threshold of a democratic comeback? After years of relentless bad news, the latest annual global report on the health of democracy offers hope, according… Read more »
Taxpayer money is being used to ‘smuggle Chinese ideology’ into Australia via community language schools, reports suggest. Students are using textbooks from the CCP’s United Front which say the South… Read more »
Taiwan is a democracy, so its future lies in its people’s hands. But that makes it vulnerable to authoritarian exploitation, The Economist observes. China is already promoting defeatist and divisive… Read more »
Last month, the Atlantic Council hosted its first Freedom and Prosperity Research Conference, gathering scholars from around the world to present their data-based research on the relationship between prosperity and economic,… Read more »
Fistfights broke out among Georgian lawmakers on Monday as a parliamentary committee debated a bill on “foreign agents” which critics say is modelled on draconian legislation in neighboring Russia, Reuters… Read more »
Bola Tinubu, a wealthy kleptocratic “godfather” of politics who campaigned on the slogan “It’s my turn”, has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election, The [London] Times reports…. Read more »