Reagan-Fascell Fellowships The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program offers five-month fellowships to leading democracy activists, journalists, civil society leaders, and scholars from around the world to conduct independent projects at the National… Read more »
Democracy is not self-repairing. It requires constant attention, notes Fiona Hill, the Robert Bosch Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe. No country, no… Read more »
Russia’s ruling party retained its supermajority in parliament, further cementing President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power following elections that excluded most opposition politicians and were marred by multiple reports of… Read more »
Moldova could be led for the first time by two women after President Maia Sandu on Friday appointed a close political partner Natalia Gavrilita as Prime Minister-designate, Balkan… Read more »
Inclusive dialogue and negotiations can facilitate democratic transitions after nonviolent campaigns, says a new report based on statistical analysis and case studies of transitions in Egypt, Tunisia, and Ukraine. The… Read more »
🇧🇾 #Belarus witnesses an unprecedented #HumanRights crisis over the past year, with massive human rights violations. UN expert Anaïs Marin calls on authorities to end policy of repression and to… Read more »
There is growing concern that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attempt to spur another crisis abroad (perhaps over Belarus) as a way to distract from the mounting political pressure at… Read more »
Alexei Navalny grows more powerful every time Putin talks about him, one observer suggests. Police took several allies of the jailed Kremlin critic into custody early on Thursday, ahead of planned… Read more »
Many analysts wrongly assume that Russia is a declining power, but such analysis is outdated, argues Stanford’s Michael McFaul. It has reemerged, despite negative demographic trends and the rollback of… Read more »
The year 2020 brought us mostly bad news regarding the state of global democracy, though there were some preliminary signs that things might yet turn around, notes Francis Fukuyama, a… Read more »