Is a Grave New World the Fate of the West?
The system of economic and political openness that has obtained since the end of the second world war and extended since the collapse of the Soviet Union is now under… Read more »
Author Archives: DemDigest
Thailand’s junta entrenched 3 years after coup
Thailand’s junta has failed to fulfill pledges to respect human rights and restore democratic rule three years after the military coup. The ruling National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), led… Read more »
Closing civic space eases creeping authoritarianism
The closing of civic space has become a defining feature of political life in an ever-increasing number of countries, according to Civil Society Under Assault: Repression and Responses, a new… Read more »
Counting the cost of corruption: citizen movements demanding transparency
Thousands of Moroccans marched in a northern town to protest against injustice and corruption this week, Reuters reports: Political protests are rare in Morocco, but tensions in al-Hoceima have been… Read more »
Caught between fear and repression in Bangladesh
The murders of secular activists by violent Islamist militants in Bangladesh have received considerable international and domestic attention, notes a new report from Amnesty international. However, they have taken place… Read more »
New corruption scandal a further blow to Brazil’s democracy
Brazilian President Michel Temer is once again under fire, this time amid reports that prosecutors have obtained recordings of him discussing hush money payments with a jailed associate. The obstruction… Read more »
Democracies slowly waking up to Russian disinformation threat?
Democracies have been slow and complacent in responding to the threats posed by Russia’s information warfare, the annual STRATCOM Summit 2017 heard this week. “Democracies must start treating their electoral processes as… Read more »
Inside Russia’s social media wars
Marrying a hundred years of expertise in influence operations to the new world of social media, Russia may finally have gained the ability it long sought but never fully achieved… Read more »
Fates of Balkan and Western democracy ‘inseparable’
An assault on democratic norms in the Balkans should be treated with the same urgency as such a crisis would precipitate within the core of the EU, says Dr Jasmin… Read more »
Post 9/11 wars not about promoting democracy, says Condoleezza Rice
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that U.S.-led interventions in the Middle East and Central Asia were not about spreading democracy, but about addressing regional security issues, Newsweek… Read more »