A “remarkable” amount of disorganization mars U.S. democracy and human rights efforts, according to a leading observer. Better organization and coordination, including regular meetings of key officials from State, USAID,… Read more »
Today many Russian democrats, desperate to get Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin, find themselves voting for the Communists. They are well aware of the irony, the Economist reports: But,… Read more »
The Biden administration must ensure that its forthcoming Summit for Democracy does not turn out to be “yet another good idea that is executed poorly.” Another platform for meaningless democracy… Read more »
At a time of sharpening strategic competition between the democracies and resurgent authoritarians, are the principal axes of democratic solidarity in need of repair? The specter of conflict is haunting… Read more »
India and Pakistan are in. Turkey and Hungary are not. That’s the still-tentative plan, anyway, as the White House has begun to send out invitations for the forthcoming “Summit for… Read more »
The European Union (EU) will probably refuse to acknowledge the result of the Nicaraguan elections on November 7, according to a source. “We have a clear idea of what is… Read more »
Open economies and open societies have delivered tremendous human progress, yet in recent years have not fully lived up to expectations, notes Kim Eric Bettcher, head of Policy and Program… Read more »
Thousands protest against Bukele in El Salvador as grievances mount https://t.co/brECF02iAe — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 18, 2021 Thousands of people in El Salvador took to the streets on Sunday… Read more »
For more than a decade and a half, autocratic regimes have made a concerted effort to hollow out from within critical institutions safeguarding fundamental freedoms, notes Christopher Walker (@Walker_CT), the vice president… Read more »
To advance democracy overseas, the United States needs a strategy with clear goals, a definition of success that is specific to context, and measurable metrics to gauge progress. Its effectiveness… Read more »