Why Russia’s deep state holds the key to succession
The Kremlin ‘hired a network of Britons to go after enemies of Putin,’ The Guardian reports. Who will rule Russia when Vladimir Putin is gone? The Russian president recently reignited… Read more »
Category: Eurasia
Global struggle for democracy ‘lacking leadership’
The past twelve months registered the 14th consecutive year of decline in global freedom, according to Freedom in the World 2020, the latest survey of political rights and civil liberties… Read more »
How to protect democracy from digital authoritarians’ toolbox
The alliances, cooperation, and coordination that comprise the liberal world order depend on sufficient public political support and trust within and across democracies, notes Michael Colaresi, William S. Dietrich II… Read more »
How the rest learned to fight the West
China’s ruling Communist Party, government, and armed forces have been instructed (for example, in the leaked “Communiqué on the Current State of the Ideological Sphere”) to attack the promotion of… Read more »
‘Eerie Endgame of Modern Politics’: Venezuela shows where illiberalism ends
Venezuela’s regime is consolidating control, and prospects for a peaceful transition appear increasingly bleak, notes Eric Farnsworth, VP of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas. The support of Cuba, Russia,… Read more »
Russia and China: Axis of revisionists?
China and Russia are revisionist powers in as much as they share a commitment to creating a “post-West” global order which takes their interests into account and is conducive to… Read more »
Russian activist sues on 5th anniversary of Nemtsov assassination
Three years ago, in February 2017, Vladimir Kara-Murza was rushed to a Moscow hospital, where he suffered massive organ failure, forcing doctors to place the Russian democracy activist on a… Read more »
‘Persuade or Perish’: How to slow democratic recession
A new strategic framework provides a lens to understand the strategic logic of antidemocratic malign influence, how their actions may inadvertently contribute to its intents and effects, and provide them… Read more »
The ‘Great Online Convergence’: Digital authoritarianism comes to democracies?
Russian civil society continues to dismantle pro-Kremlin disinformation, using both laughter and journalistic investigations. February has been a good month for those Russians who want to push back against pro-Kremlin… Read more »
‘Firm Up Democracy’s Soft Underbelly’: Autocrats winning war of ideas
The authoritarian resurgence will remain a major global risk in 2020 due to the many economic and social consequences of autocratic governance, according to Global Risk Intelligence. While some exceptions… Read more »