Russia is guiding Europe’s illiberal turn
Russia is financing far-right political parties and critics of the European Union as part of a broader Kremlin strategy to sow disinformation and mistrust on the Continent, according to a… Read more »
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China’s decentralized kleptocracy: dynamics of regime decay
In 1989 the movement for democracy brought the Chinese Communist Party to within days of extinction, The Economist notes: According to official reports, on one day alone, May 22nd, 6m… Read more »
The Rise and Fall of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
In recent months, Egypt’s Sisi government has seemingly won its brutal, controversial fight against the Muslim Brotherhood in decisive fashion, decapitating the group by killing, jailing, or exiling most of… Read more »
Analysts urge ‘soft landing’ to Zimbabwe transition
Zimbabwe is in flux. There are regular protests, especially in the capital, over currency and food shortages, unemployment, and alleged government corruption and mismanagement. Observers say an effective political solution… Read more »
Forum 2000: the Courage to Take Responsibility
The prospect of rolling back centuries of political development was raised at the opening ceremony of Forum 2000, the Prague-based gathering for democracy, human rights and civil society, The Prague… Read more »
Eight threats to Europe’s democracies
Europe’s democracies face deeper problems than Brexit or the sometimes creaky, sometimes overbearing machinery of European governance, argues George Weigel, the Distinguished Senior Fellow of Washington’s Ethics and Public Policy… Read more »
Ethiopia crackdown highlights ‘downside of authoritarian development’
Ethiopia‘s government has declared a six-month state of emergency in the face of an unprecedented wave of violent protests, the BBC reports: Activists in the country’s Oromia region has… Read more »
Autocrats more trusted than democrats?
Authoritarian leaders are seen as far more trustworthy than politicians in more openly democratic countries across the emerging world, according to data compiled by the World Economic Forum, The Financial… Read more »
Turkey & Morocco raise questions about Islamism and democracy
Turkey must adhere to legal and human rights principles in the prosecution of people accused of involvement in a failed coup, if it wants to buttress its reputation as a… Read more »
How to change DRC’s political trajectory
Changing the political trajectory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will require altering the political calculus of President Joseph Kabila which underpins the systematic efforts he is making to… Read more »