Montenegro’s president nominated Zdravko Krivokapic, the leader of a pro-Serb opposition alliance backed by the powerful Serbian Orthodox Church, to form a government on Thursday, ending three decades of socialist… Read more »
Since Ukraine first gained independence in 1991, historical memory and national identity have been a point of contention and subject for manipulation, the Atlantic Council reports. Thanks in good part… Read more »
The world’s democracies are showing signs of strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Freedom House analysis. The report, titled Democracy Under Lockdown, says “the COVID-19 pandemic has… Read more »
Belarusian security forces arbitrarily detained thousands of people and systematically subjected hundreds to torture and other ill- treatment in the days following the August 9, 2020 presidential election, Human Rights… Read more »
The personal details of millions of people around the world have been swept up in a database compiled by a Chinese tech company with reported links to the country’s military… Read more »
COVID-19 deepened Serbia’s local media crisis. Here’s what one @NEDemocracy partner did to help. https://t.co/ddqLTKVbpS — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 11, 2020
Authoritarianism is on the rise across the world, and it is posing a serious challenge to democracy and the post-World War II international system, says ACUS. In Central and Eastern… Read more »
Belarus: Lessons from Polish Solidarity https://t.co/colC8cgOHW — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 31, 2020 Lech Walesa on Monday warned against populism as his deeply divided country marked 40 years since a… Read more »
The protests against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime will send a sobering message to the real last dictator on the European continent if efforts to organize a democratic election in Belarus are… Read more »
Brotherly people…? Should we then expect “fraternal assistance” from the Kremlin to Belarus? Like the fraternal assistance the Soviet Union provided to Czechoslovakia in 1968? https://t.co/0gSdG5Ll6q — Daniel Fried… Read more »