Brazil’s democratic institutions demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of Sunday’s assault on government buildings in the capital, Brasilia, said a U.S. government spokesperson. “We have seen remarkable resilience from… Read more »
An overseas Chinese student in the US has been charged with stalking and threatening another Chinese student who took part in pro-democracy activism on their campus, the BBC reports: US… Read more »
Representatives of Ukraine have received the European Parliament’s 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on behalf of “the brave people of Ukraine” amid their battle to repel invading Russian… Read more »
At the moment democracies look like they are winning the struggle with authoritarianism. Both autocrats and demagogues have had a bad year. Only last week Peru’s president was arrested after trying… Read more »
If Vladimir Putin is allowed to prevail and sell the war in Ukraine as a victory to his people, it will reinforce Russia’s aggressive posture, embolden the use of force… Read more »
As the current crisis in Ukraine shows, the ability to mobilize coalitions of democracies remains one of the United States’ essential assets, says G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor… Read more »
Taiwan’s democracy is a model for the world amid the global rise of authoritarianism, said Kenneth Wollack, chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The nation demonstrated that… Read more »
The world can’t wait for us to counter Russian and Chinese disinformation, support democratic struggles abroad, stabilize and improve democratic institutions, and forge partnerships between democratic organizations and actors, says… Read more »
Victory in Kharkiv may be as significant for Ukraine’s independence as the Battle of Saratoga was for America’s. https://t.co/z0l1IWvKvd — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 19, 2022 Ukraine’s victory in Kharkiv… Read more »
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is adopting more covert and aggressive tactics in a multibillion-dollar drive to shape global opinion and consolidate its domestic power in China and its priority… Read more »