Barbie or Oppenheimer? The digital future of democracy assistance
How do you we place democratic principles at the base of creating a digital future so it works for the broadest group of citizens around the world? “That is a… Read more »
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China’s action plan: ‘hybrid interference’ from EU to Latin America
Leftist gains in Latin American elections could buoy China and undermine the United States as they compete for regional influence, analysts say, with a new crop of Latin American leaders… Read more »
‘Massive credibility problem’ hits China’s sharp power
Even more than his predecessors, Xi Jinping operates in the shadows. China has published many volumes of excerpts from his speeches. Only recently, however, has a rare leak of secret… Read more »
‘No task more urgent’: Reviving democratic momentum
“No task seems more urgent than the protection of democracy at home and abroad,” for President Joe Biden, notes James Traub, a nonresident fellow at New York University’s Center on… Read more »
Summit “gets under autocrats’ skins” – but is strategy faltering?
In some ways, President Joe Biden’s long-promised Summit for Democracy could not be better timed, POLITICO’s Nahal Toosi observes. The virtual gathering, set for Thursday and Friday, comes as people… Read more »
Supporting political resilience is key to a successful democracy agenda
While not addressing U.S. President Joe Biden by name, China‘s Xi Jinping attacked the notion of a democratic counter-offensive against Beijing’s growing authoritarianism, Newsweek reports. During a pointed Davos speech, he… Read more »
China Vs. Democracy: The Greatest Game
The great question facing the free world is how to deal with China in this new era of competition, argues analyst Michael Auslin. One answer is provided in a new “handbook”… Read more »
Authoritarian digital influence: Grappling with the new normal
Many authoritarian regimes have a common interest in not merely burnishing their own images internationally, but in sowing distrust in democracy and the rule of law generally, argues Shanthi Kalathil,… Read more »
Battle of Ideas: The Belt and Road Initiative’s role in China’s political warfare
In the wake of Beijing’s (supposedly) superior coronavirus-busting effort, Chinese officials and state media outlets have been relentlessly marketing their (authoritarian) governance system as superior, while denigrating the (democratic) U.S…. Read more »
Democratic resilience demands tackling disinformation
For @NewYorker, I surveyed the world of Russian trolls, disinfo, and active measures: such threats exist, but to “exaggerate their prevalence and potency” risks providing “an overly convenient explanation… Read more »