What explains China’s ‘durable authoritarianism’?
As a lead member of a band of legal activists, Ding Jiaxi, formerly a successful corporate attorney, was practicing a perilous vocation: human rights law in China. Waging a longshot… Read more »
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How Ukraine war turned Russia into China’s ‘new vassal’
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s attempts to garner support for his country among other nations amid his widely condemned war in Ukraine demonstrates that Russia is in a “weak position,” according… Read more »
A ‘contest of global stamina’: Why Ukraine war is an ‘axial’ event
Over 100 Russian servicemen from Buryatia have returned home after refusing to fight Vladimir Putin‘s war in Ukraine, according to an anti-war group, Newsweek reports. A plane with 150 servicemen… Read more »
Ukraine: How far will Putin go?
Marvel at the heroism and resilience of Ukraine. In the first days of war, the armored might of Vladimir Putin shriveled before the courage of the nation he had attacked,… Read more »
China’s action plan: ‘hybrid interference’ from EU to Latin America
Leftist gains in Latin American elections could buoy China and undermine the United States as they compete for regional influence, analysts say, with a new crop of Latin American leaders… Read more »
‘Buying Influence’: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter
Buying Influence: How China Manipulates Facebook and Twitter https://t.co/lZR8reXbPc — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) December 20, 2021 China’s government has unleashed a global online campaign to burnish its image and undercut… Read more »
‘Extreme Competition with China’ demands democratic cooperation
The new strategic competition requires “rebuilding traditions of democratic cooperation across party lines in recognition that the United States will not be able to meet the China challenge if U.S. political… Read more »
How EU bankrolled anti-democratic rebellion
Poland and Hungary have used the largesse of the European Union to undermine democracy and the rule of law, according to a new Bloomberg analysis: The awkward truth is that… Read more »
Singing Cuba’s political story: Tired regime, fresh opposition
Happy workers in sugar fields. The dashing Che Guevara. Bearded heroes clutching AK-47s. And, of course, Fidel Castro. Love it or hate it, the Cuban revolution has been one of… Read more »
Freedoms at Risk: El Salvador ’embarking on same path as Venezuela’
El Salvador is embarking on the same path as Venezuela, and President Nayib Bukele is using democracy “to dismantle it,” a Washington forum heard yesterday. “El Salvador is closely connected… Read more »