The U.S. Congress is to consider bipartisan legislation to boost funding and modernize methods used to defend democracy abroad, reports suggest. The initiative will establish new authorities and provide additional… Read more »
The labor movement has played a decisively prodemocratic role, not least as a catalyst for democratic transition in such states as Poland, South Africa, Brazil, and Chile, while Tunisia’s UGTT… Read more »
I’ve often wondered, what does it take for a lone individual to stand up to a totalitarian system, and to risk it all for the right to speak and associate… Read more »
It is time to grasp the “opportunity to reinvigorate, strengthen, and modernize approaches” to advancing democracy “in the face of the growing specter of transnational oppression and evidence of a… Read more »
Uyghur concentration camps in China’s western Xinjiang province (aka East Turkistan) have a shoot-to-kill policy for those who try to escape, according to leaked documents seen by the BBC (above)…. Read more »
The United States has taken a back seat to the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, embracing Brussels’ confidence that the EU enlargement process would facilitate Bosnia’s transition to a… Read more »
The United States and Europe are understandably wary of engaging in direct conflict with Russia, but they can still do more than provide short-term assistance to Ukraine, argues Bruce Ackerman,… Read more »
The Venezuelan opposition faction backed by the United States announced plans Monday to hold a primary contest next year to choose a presidential candidate for the planned 2024 election, AP reports. The… Read more »
Jailed Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza could face an additional 10 years in prison on newly unveiled charges of spreading “false” information about the Russian military, The Moscow Times reports. Kara-Murza,… Read more »
The arrest of leading Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza highlights the threat to democracy and civil society activists. His case is an instance of ‘classic’ repression, according to Le Monde,… Read more »