Syrian voices seek inclusive constitution
A new Syrian constitution can only be achieved through an inclusive process in pursuit of a national consensus which encompasses the voices of all factions of society, according to a… Read more »
Category: Civil Society
A global turning point or is democracy finished?
Francis Fukuyama‘s widely misinterpreted 1992 book, “The End of History and the Last Man,” was assumed to be a statement of fact rather than the description of a process, Joe… Read more »
‘Crisis of democracy?’ China shows more consequential crisis of autocracy
“Crisis of democracy” is a cliché of our time. But what about the even more consequential crisis of autocracy? Just watch the meltdowns in China, Russia, Turkey and arguably Africa’s… Read more »
Democratic resilience initiative – a strategic imperative
Democratic resilience is increasingly invoked by policymakers as an aspect of foreign and security strategies, and as an aim of internally strengthening democratic practices, amid changing threat environments, researchers suggest…. Read more »
Who will save Tunisia’s democracy?
Tunisia’s president has been carrying out a creeping coup, demolishing the country’s hard-fought democratic gains bit by bit. With an economy in turmoil and a splintered opposition, is there… Read more »
The Revenge of Power: How malign 3P power made the world safe for autocracy
Savvy autocrats have deployed the three P’s of populism, polarization and post-truth to cultivate ‘stealthocracy’ – maintaining liberal democracy’s institutional architecture while gutting the substance of such norms as accountability,… Read more »
Reconstruct Ukraine to launch ‘new wave of democratic progress’
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy is among five people named as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy, AP reports. Mr Zelenskiy was… Read more »
Autocratic resurgence vs democratic renewal: 7-3 halftime score?
Liberal democracy is back to where it was in 1989, says the most recent report from the Varieties of Democracy Institute (V–Dem) – in other words, the massive gains in… Read more »
Kara-Murza demonstrates ‘you cannot equate Russia to its regime’
Evgenia Kara-Murza (above) from Daniel Lippman on Vimeo. The massive economic sanctions brought against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have not only punished Russian elites — they have also prompted… Read more »
How 8 years of practice prepared Ukraine’s civil society
Russian news propaganda is shielding residents from the horrors of the invasion of Ukraine, NBC News reports (above). Eight years of practice in countering disinformation prepared civil society for Russia’s… Read more »