As democratic norms erode in Tunisia, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers wants to ensure proposed aid cuts don’t undermine the very civil society actors seeking to reverse the North African… Read more »
The outbreak of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April has derailed Sudan’s fragile transition towards civilian rule, with deep implications… Read more »
Despite being branded a “communist” by his critics, Chile’s left-wing president-elect Gabriel Boric has always pointed to Europe not Venezuela as the inspiration for the “social welfare” state he wants… Read more »
Exercising power during a democratic transition requires commitment to “the three As” of democratic leadership – action, activity and achievement, said Mikulas Dzurinda (above), former Prime Minister of Slovakia. His… Read more »
Inclusive dialogue and negotiations can facilitate democratic transitions after nonviolent campaigns, says a new report based on statistical analysis and case studies of transitions in Egypt, Tunisia, and Ukraine. The… Read more »
Ten years on, why did Egypt’s attempted democratic transition fail? What are the lasting effects of January 25 on politics and society? How does al-Sisi’s regime differ from Mubarak’s?… Read more »
Ethnic tensions and state violence – Ethiopia’s democratic transition is in peril https://t.co/3n2pYfN2u3 — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 17, 2020 “Freedom is not a gift doled out to people by… Read more »
The US can still influence democratic standards in Central Europe more effectively than any other external power because it is equipped both with the instruments of soft and hard power… Read more »
Outspoken Chinese constitutional scholar Zhang Xuezhong (above) was detained overnight after he publicized a letter to the regime’s rubber-stamp legislature that criticized the one-party political system and proposed a transition… Read more »
From Mexico to Iran, democracy is often a casualty of revolutionary politics undertaken in the name of liberty or opposition to tyranny, says a leading observer. The best-known modern revolutions… Read more »