Some are calling it America’s Second Civil War, others say it’s a repeat of 1968’s summer of protests. Still more believe we’re in a decades-long existential crisis that started with… Read more »
Preliminary reports suggest that some foreign actors are already seeking to instrumentalise the unrest in the US for their own ends, the EU Stratcom Task Force reports. An analysis of… Read more »
New: The world failed after Tiananmen Square. We must not fail Hong Kong now. https://t.co/XJrE5N365Q by me @PostOpinions — Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) June 4, 2020 There is “a… Read more »
China has launched rule by fear in Hong Kong https://t.co/tLFJPQg6Ax — The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 3, 2020 China’s Communist Party is calculating that control and stability outweigh the benefits… Read more »
There is reason enough to recall the Tiananmen Square massacre with dismay and a more cautious strategic policy regarding China as the road not taken, says Paul Monk, (above), a… Read more »
A new white paper titled “Global Populisms and Their Challenges,” by Anna Grzymala-Busse, Didi Kuo, Francis Fukuyama and Michael McFaul explores how mainstream political parties are the key enablers of populist challenges—and the key… Read more »
Lithuania’s elves (above) are just one branch of a surprisingly complex and creative network across Europe that is combating disinformation from local sources, Russia, and elsewhere, says Thomas Kent, a… Read more »
Belarus’s oft-maligned civil society, which most people had written off years ago – after 26 years of persecution and authoritarian rule – has risen to the challenge of confronting the… Read more »
The World Health Organization struggled to get needed information from China during critical early days of the coronavirus pandemic, according to recordings of internal meetings that contradict the organisation’s public praise… Read more »
Governments around the world are turning to surveillance technologies to track the spread of COVID-19 and the impact on privacy and human rights could be long-lasting, notes Rachelle Faust, an… Read more »