The future of Arab reform: beyond autocrats and Islamists
The argument for democratic reform in the Middle East seems harder to make today, despite the evidence for it being clearer, than it was when the Arab Spring sprung, argues… Read more »
The argument for democratic reform in the Middle East seems harder to make today, despite the evidence for it being clearer, than it was when the Arab Spring sprung, argues… Read more »
Russian interference in America’s presidential election merits measured retaliation. But the West can withstand such “active measures”, The Economist notes: Russia does not pretend to offer the world an attractive… Read more »
The place of democracy in a future international order is one of the most important strategic questions facing the United States, according to a major new report from the RAND… Read more »
Ghana’s forthcoming elections would further consolidate the country’s democratic institutions and practices if they prove to be “credible and peaceful,” says an international delegation from the National Democratic Institute. However,… Read more »
While Indonesia, India, and Japan share a positive outlook on Myanmar’s democratic transition, they are all hesitant to proactively promote democracy, says a new paper from Carnegie’s Rising Democracies Network…. Read more »
What explains the victory of the governing Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) in Morocco, especially in light of the unexceptional performance of Islamists in the region’s other recent elections?… Read more »
The resistance to democratic transfers of power is a trend throughout Central and West Africa, where heads of states from Burundi to Togo have gone to great lengths, including the… Read more »
While Russia and the West fight over Ukraine, it is events inside the country that will determine its destiny. Two years after the Maidan revolution, Ukraine is stuck in a… Read more »
The Azerbaijani government has renewed its vicious crackdown on critics and independent groups, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today: The 75-page report, “Harassed, Imprisoned, Exiled: Azerbaijan’s Continuing… Read more »
A new White House plan aims to convene teachers and mental health professionals to intervene and help prevent the adoption of violent ideologies, a draft of the policy seen by Reuters shows…. Read more »