Iraqi militias, US ‘make nice’ following elections?
Many Shiite armed factions in Iraq haven’t been threatening the United States of late, especially since they fared so well in the May 12 elections, receiving the second-most number of… Read more »
Tag: National Endowment for Democracy
China’s sharp power scores in Latin America
The National Endowment for Democracy [the Washington-based democracy assistance group] has called China’s increasing penetration of Latin America — be that in finance, infrastructure, cultural exchange, or shelling out a… Read more »
Zimbabwe’s divided opposition boosts ruling party’s election chances
Zimbabwe’s divided opposition could bolster the long ruling party’s chances of victory after failing to forge a solid coalition for the country’s first elections without Robert Mugabe. Twenty-three candidates –… Read more »
Growing concern over China’s foreign influence ops
Media website Vox has been receiving money from a Chinese communist government-backed front organization, according to the Washington Free Beacon. The Chinese Communist Party is increasingly making its influence felt… Read more »
Democracy ‘is on the ropes’: Democracy Promotion in a Challenging World
The U.S. should do more to boost the struggling state of democracy in countries around the world, lawmakers from both parties said at a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday, the Washington… Read more »
‘McDonald’s theory’ for North Korea can’t work without human rights
A plan to transform North Korea into a modern economy — which one might call the “McDonald’s theory” — has a huge hole in it: It can happen only if… Read more »
Why democracy is in trouble
Is democracy in trouble? Nearly 30 years after Francis Fukuyama declared the end of history and the triumph of liberal democracy, this question is no longer outlandish. But current… Read more »
A homecoming for NDI’s new president
A former program officer is set to take over as the new president of the National Democratic Institute, the Washington-based democracy assistance group. In announcing the NDI board’s decision to… Read more »
Anwar in the wings of Malaysia’s renascent democracy
The good news is that Najib Razak’s massively corrupt and incrementally despotic nine-year rule is over. The cautionary news is that Malaysia’s democracy is not yet fully secured, given the… Read more »
The People’s Authoritarian: did Russian society create Putin?
The psychology of Vladimir Putin, the ideology of his regime, and the machinery of the Russian state and military have received exhaustive attention in the West. The Russian people, however,… Read more »