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What water’s edge? U.S. foreign policy’s surprising bipartisanship

DemDigest    September 26, 2023 September 26, 2023   

Do domestic political conflicts still stop at the water’s edge, a sentiment first expressed by Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, in January 1945, as he announced his conversion from isolationism to internationalism (as Bruce… Read more »

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Democracy and foreign policy    #bipartisanship, #NationalEndowmentforDemocracy(NED)

Southeast Asia’s authoritarian elections: Trajectories & policy options

DemDigest    September 25, 2023 September 25, 2023   

A global recession of democracy and increasing democratic backsliding mean that so-called “authoritarian elections” have become more prominent, including in long-standing partner countries of Germany and the European Union, says… Read more »

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Asia, Burma, Cambodia, Myanmar    #Authoritarianelections, #BoellFoundation

Wife of jailed Russian dissident addresses UN

DemDigest    September 22, 2023 September 22, 2023   

Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, spoke today on behalf of UN Watch, a leading voice at the United Nations for human rights in Russia,… Read more »

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Eurasia, Russia    #EvgeniaKaraMurza, #VladimirKaraMurza

Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed?

DemDigest    September 22, 2023 September 22, 2023   

Seven countries in Africa have experienced successful coups since 2020, notes CSIS (above).* Six of the countries that have experienced military takeovers in recent years – Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso,… Read more »

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Africa, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Sahel    #africa #nationalendowmentfordemocracy

Rethinking MENA’s political settlements: ‘stability’ vs accountability

DemDigest    September 21, 2023 September 21, 2023   

In their attempts to reach political settlements among rival elites in the Middle East and elsewhere, international policymakers have repeatedly prioritized ‘stability’ over accountability, analysts Renad Mansour, Tim Eaton and… Read more »

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accountability, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East/North Africa    #NationalEndowmentforDemocracy(NED)

Will the New Cold War split Africa?

DemDigest    September 20, 2023 September 20, 2023   

The conventional wisdom that the new geopolitical competition will not spread to the global South, as it did during the first Cold War, is wrong, at least when it comes… Read more »

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Africa, China    #africa #china #sharppower #nedemocracy

‘Mafia state’ Iran’s $6bn hostage deal is part of a broader strategy

DemDigest    September 19, 2023 September 19, 2023   

#BREAKING The @CFR_org told Iran International’s Arash Aalaei that it has cancelled its meeting with Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi which was due to be held today, but did not give… Read more »

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As autocrats contest Human Rights Council, ‘Who Guards the Guardians?’

DemDigest    September 19, 2023 September 21, 2023   

The rights situation in Russia has “significantly deteriorated” since President Vladimir Putin launched his war against Ukraine in February last year, an expert commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights… Read more »

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accountability, Human rights    #humanrights #unwatch #nedemocracy

Slovakia to strengthen fragile democracy or veer towards autocracy?

DemDigest    September 15, 2023 September 15, 2023   

Slovakia is faced with a decision between strengthening its fragile democracy or potentially veering towards autocracy driven by xenophobia, alignment with Russia and illiberal leaders feeling that it’s their time… Read more »

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Democracy Digest    #NationalEndowmentforDemocracy(NED), Slovakia

How China and Russia facilitate North Korea’s human rights abuses

DemDigest    September 15, 2023 September 18, 2023   

Combatting autocratic powers like Russia and China may require the kind of “transformation in the exercise of American leadership” that emerged when Republicans and Democrats joined forces in a bipartisan… Read more »

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Asia, North Korea    #NationalEndowmentforDemocracy(NED), #nedemocracy #northkorea

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