The technological revolution and the failure of free-market competition to protect factual reporting have left news outlets—particularly smaller players—increasingly vulnerable to authoritarians’ sharp-power influence campaigns, notes Edward Lucas, senior nonresident fellow… Read more »
Despite challenges that intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, human rights defenders, civil society, independent media and other democratic forces have proven resilient, writes Ryan Arick, an assistant program officer at… Read more »
The headlines suggest it has been a worrying year for politics in sub-Saharan Africa. But from #EndSARS to the election victory of Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia, Africans are pushing more… Read more »
The COVID pandemic has put tremendous strain on Latin American citizens and governments, testing the resilience of democracy. The good news coming from valuable new survey data is that the… Read more »
Are democracies more resilient to organized crime than states with more authoritarian tendencies? The global illicit economy has continued along the upward trajectory it has followed over the past 20… Read more »
Pandemic geopolitics are intensifying investments in pro-democracy civic capacities and democracies’ societal resilience, according to a new report from the Carnegie Endowment. Developments are beginning to condition many states’ domestic… Read more »
The long-term performance of democracies hinges on their adaptability in the face of new realities and resilience to internal and external challenges, according to a new report. The European Commission’s… Read more »
Participants will aim to make democracies more responsive & resilient, & to build a broader community of partners committed to global democratic renewal. https://t.co/QXS5IofYoS — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 11,… Read more »
Innovation by authoritarian nations in the ‘grey zone’ is becoming one of the most serious challenges facing contemporary democracies. There are no easy ways to generate democratic resilience, but it… Read more »
Expanding established State Department-funded National Endowment for Democracy (NED) fellowships and exchange programs should be part of a revamp of U.S. democracy assistance, argues Mason Ingram, global governance director at… Read more »