Is this democratic experiment ‘on life support’?
Extreme intolerance has replaced the liberal notion of negotiated compromise that is the sine qua non of democracy, argues Andrew A. Michta, dean of the College of International and… Read more »
Category: democratic norms
Illiberalism of democracies’ ruling parties drives democratic erosion
Ruling parties within established democracies such as Hungary, India, Poland and Turkey are becoming markedly more illiberal, according to a new international study. The median governing party is becoming more… Read more »
Values-driven democracy can punch above its weight
The new great power competition is driven by geo–political change as other regions of the world are rising to greater economic strength and international influence alongside that of ‘the West’…. Read more »
When pandemics meet democracy
The covid-19 pandemic may represent one of the most serious challenges to global democracy since before the “third wave” of democratization began in the mid-1970s, according to The Journal of… Read more »
Values matter: Cooperation, solidarity vital to post-pandemic democracy
Solidarity is the only solution for handling a global crisis like the Covid pandemic, an international forum heard this week. Talk about “saving” democracy is not helpful because democracy changes… Read more »
A lesson in pandemic democracy?
What if the coronavirus pandemic delayed an election and no one cared? Bloomberg’s David Fickling asks. That’s pretty much what’s happening in New Zealand, where Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appears… Read more »
How to blunt China’s efforts to shift global norms
China’s efforts to secure a larger role for itself in multiple international institutions have generated questions about the scale of its ambitions and the ‘sharp power’ tools it will use… Read more »
Democracies disadvantaged in sharp power competition
The international reputation of the United States, the world’s worst-hit country, has suffered over its handling of the covid-19 pandemic — but China, its main geostrategic rival, has struggled to… Read more »
Defining and defending liberal values for democratic renewal
Defending core values should be an essential national interest for any foreign policy responding to challenges by revisionist powers, argues a recent analysis. But does an ethical dimension to foreign policy… Read more »
‘Liberalism and Its Discontents’: Challenged from left and right
The “democracy” under attack today is a shorthand for liberal democracy, and what is really under greatest threat is the liberal component of this pair, says a leading analyst. Liberalism… Read more »