Brazil: the next democracy to fall in populist wave?
This October, Brazilians will go to the polls to elect a new president, and the country could become the next democracy to fall in the populist wave that has been… Read more »
Tag: National Endowment for Democracy
Iranian actions ‘actively threaten’ Iraqi democracy
The United States announced last month that it intends to keep troops in Syria to support Kurdish-led fighters there until the Islamic State has been completely routed and the area stabilized, notes… Read more »
China to employ AI & sharp power in ‘risky play’ for global leadership
China could overtake the United States in artificial intelligence technologies capable of disrupting every aspect of society, the leaders of a House panel said in a report released Tuesday. Artificial… Read more »
Did trade war help dissident Liu Xia win freedom?
Writer and human rights advocate Liao Yiwu says the US president’s trade war with China may have helped Liu Xia, the widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, win her release,… Read more »
Saving the transatlantic partnership of democracies
At a “defining moment” of strain in the transatlantic alliance, dozens of world leaders, including former Vice President Joe Biden, former Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner, former… Read more »
Authoritarian Anticorruption Campaigns: A Tool to Consolidate Power
Does the arrest of the son of Angola’s former president in a $1.5bn corruption case signal the end of kleptocratic rule? Not necessarily, says a leading analyst. In the hands… Read more »
Angola: the fall of a kleptocracy?
The son of Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has been remanded in custody in a $1.5bn corruption case. Those targeted include the ex-president’s son, Jose Filomeno dos Santos,… Read more »
Saving liberal democracy from the extremes?
Larry Diamond of Stanford University has argued that liberal democracy has four necessary and sufficient elements: free and fair elections; active participation of people, as citizens; protection of the… Read more »
‘Digital social contract’ will combat political disinformation
Russia has re-ignited its ideological battle with the West by waging a more insidious offensive: intrude on Western democratic processes and meddle in nations’ politics, according to Digital Warfare: Russia’s… Read more »
Reality Czech: recognizing courageous writers at risk
The Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of Czechoslovakia will be the occasion for honoring Secretary Albright for her unparalleled contribution to the return of the Czechs and Slovaks to the… Read more »