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U.S. global influence weakening as China’s sharp power grows

Lyssa White    June 24, 2022 June 24, 2022   

Americans overwhelmingly view China as a “competitor” or an “enemy” to the United States, rather than a “partner.” And it appears that most U.S. adults do not think that their country is… Read more »

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Authoritarianism, China    #africa #china #sharppower #nedemocracy

Despite food crisis, Afghan women say rights still matter

Lyssa White    June 23, 2022 June 23, 2022   

While Afghanistan’s food crisis is the most pressing issue for women overall, the rollback of rights, particularly for those between the ages of 18-25, remains a serious concern due to… Read more »

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Democracy’s strategic narrative: A case for optimism?

Lyssa White    June 23, 2022 June 23, 2022   

Strategic narratives about the future vary, but they tend to take one of two rough forms, argues Tufts University’s Daniel W. Drezner: Actors with positive expectations believe that the future… Read more »

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How democracies can detect, disrupt, deter & defend against cyber threats

Lyssa White    June 23, 2022 June 23, 2022   

Russia conducted more cyberattacks than was realized at the time to bolster its invasion of Ukraine, but more than two-thirds of them failed, echoing its poor performance on the battlefield,… Read more »

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The Authoritarian Playbook: How media combats autocracy

Lyssa White    June 23, 2022 June 23, 2022   

When journalists started approaching Protect Democracy a few years ago for practical advice on how to cover threats to democracy, they consulted the work of leading scholars who study the history… Read more »

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Democratic Backsliding, Media    #AuthoritarianPlaybookAMediaGuide, #backsliding #journalofdemocracy

Solidarity + humility = key to advancing democracy

Lyssa White    June 22, 2022 June 22, 2022   

Despite 16 years of democratic recession, the transatlantic axis remains the “backbone of the Free World,” according to a leading democracy advocate. Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has shattered the… Read more »

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China’s coming ‘Lehman moment’?

Lyssa White    June 21, 2022 June 21, 2022   

A new U.S.-China Digital World Order Initiative will emphasize the need for “digital democracy” to triumph over “digital autocracy,” according to reports. China thinks American democracy is too messy to… Read more »

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Democratic recession may yet give way to renewal

Lyssa White    June 21, 2022 June 21, 2022   

The consensus on democratic norms has shown signs of fraying in recent years, with increased polarization, disillusion and authoritarian patterns of governance, including in advanced Western democracies, a recent World… Read more »

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How Ukraine renewed democracy as a foreign policy priority

Lyssa White    June 21, 2022 June 21, 2022   

As Ukraine defends its right to self-determination and freedom, it has become a symbol of the fight between democracy and dictatorship and has renewed the importance of democracy as a… Read more »

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Can Putin Survive?

Lyssa White    June 21, 2022 June 21, 2022   

The thinking behind the assumption that the war in Ukraine may prompt an elite coup or mass protests that depose Vladimir Putin is based on a faulty reading of history,… Read more »

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