Global democracy 2020: Bad news, good news
The year 2020 brought us mostly bad news regarding the state of global democracy, though there were some preliminary signs that things might yet turn around, notes Francis Fukuyama, a… Read more »
Category: democracy promotion
‘Silver bullet’ needed to bring autocrats to heel
New legislation allows Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban to further consolidate power while eroding civil liberties and making it harder to scrutinize how the government spends public funds, the Times… Read more »
‘Democracy dividend’ fund could facilitate breakthrough transitions
Should the U.S. re-commit to revitalizing current instruments for democracy assistance rather than allocating resources to a proposed Summit for Democracy? On its face, the agenda of the proposed summit… Read more »
China’s ‘new Comintern’ struggles for minds and influence
The job of the International Department of China’s ruling Communist Party is to win support among foreign political parties by cultivating what’s been called a “new Comintern,” the Economist observes…. Read more »
How ‘summit for democracy’ can rally allies against autocracies
The U.S.-led countries of the trans-Atlantic alliance and their democratic East Asian allies lack a strategy for dealing with their most formidable competitor: China. But the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)… Read more »
Democracy in post-pandemic Latin America: Enhanced vulnerabilities
Latin American democracy was already vulnerable before the pandemic due to crises of trust, legitimacy and representation, corruption, and the overall mixed results of the political system for citizens, according… Read more »
Free World Commission seeks D-10 strategy to counter autocrats
As it asserts its influence across the globe, China poses a serious challenge to a rules-based, democratic order. How can the US and other leading democracies – possibly coordinated through… Read more »
Transatlantic democracies: ‘New Beginning or Nostalgic Reminiscence?’
Can the transatlantic axis provide the basis from a new form of democratic unity to counter the authoritarian resurgence? What is the future of the EU-US relationship? What are the… Read more »
Consolidating dictatorship: Venezuela’s sham election
\ Venezuela’s parliamentary elections, scheduled for 6 December, will renew its National Assembly for a five-year term. But since 2015, the regime has become less evenhanded when it comes to… Read more »
How to give democracies a strategic advantage
With democracy backsliding and authoritarian countries flexing their muscles, the United States should accelerate efforts to help established democracies succeed and assist states undergoing democratic transitions, says a new analysis…. Read more »