Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday “ideologies” posed risks to national security and urged parents, teachers and religious leaders to observe the behavior of teenagers and report those… Read more »
“China gave us the virus. And the free world gave us the vaccines.” the chess champion and democracy advocate Garry Kasparov told the NYT’s Bret Stephens. You don’t have to… Read more »
Democracy does not equate to liberal democracy, according to the latest GLOBSEC Trends 2021 survey: The identification of democracy as an ideal governance system has plummeted by 15 percentage points… Read more »
Democracy Digest is on sabbatical for the near term.
President Joe Biden and his advisors should build a framework of incentives designed to nudge a political transition in Venezuela, argues Jorge Jraissati, the president of the Venezuelan Alliance…. Read more »
U.S. credibility in advancing democracy and human rights worldwide was damaged by the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, Secretary of State Antony Blinken argued this week…. 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 »
The importance the Biden administration places on partnerships based on shared values will be shown by who it chooses to work with and on which issues as it tries to… Read more »
America’s ability to champion democracy and human rights worldwide was damaged by the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Citing… Read more »
Police fired guns into the air, reportedly injuring several people, and used water cannons during the fourth day of nationwide demonstrations against last week’s military coup. Meanwhile, a journalist and… Read more »