CEE’s democratic vulnerabilities revealed
Corruption, populism, nationalism and disinformation have eroded faith in liberal democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, according to a new report – which says many people would trade in some… Read more »
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Philippines’ ‘lie machine’ at work: Maria Ressa found guilty of cyber libel
High-profile journalist Maria Ressa has been found guilty of libel in the Philippines’ in a case seen as a test of the country’s media freedom, the BBC reports. The former… Read more »
Erdogan ‘tightening the vice’ on what’s left of Turkey’s pluralism
A dominant narrative that has come out of Turkey in recent years highlights how President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has consolidated control over the news media, according to analysts Andrew O’Donohue, Max… Read more »
From democratic backsliding to ‘pandemic forthsliding’?
It is already clear why some countries have done better than others in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic so far, and there is every reason to think those trends will… Read more »
How Coronavirus will change the world: Autocracies more susceptible
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered widespread concern about democracy, with pundits like Larry Diamond claiming that democracy is now under imminent threat as authoritarian tendencies take over. The ability of authoritarian… Read more »
Data vs. Disease? Democracy’s Shapeshifting Past—and Uncertain Future
Governments around the world are turning to surveillance technologies to track the spread of COVID-19 and the impact on privacy and human rights could be long-lasting, notes Rachelle Faust, an… Read more »
Hong Kong: ‘China’s Berlin’ – or Crimea?
#HK is like Berlin of the last Cold War. If HK falls for lack of US actions against China, Taiwan will follow, and so will US interests in Asia. It… Read more »
Turkey & Russia: Not autocratic birds of the same feather
Democracies can reset themselves by changing governments through elections. Modern Russia cannot, says Alexander Baunov, a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center and Editor in Chief of Carnegie.ru. By the confluence… Read more »
‘Nuclear option’ spells beginning of the end for Hong Kong’s one-country, two-systems
SPORTING A HELMET, goggles and a respirator, the uniform of Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters, Lady Liberty raises her left arm to the sky—or rather, to the ceiling (see below). She… Read more »
Why democracies have the edge in coping with crisis
Throughout the centuries, competitors of the prevailing system have known that disaster presents them with an opportunity. Writing about the Black Death, which culled more than 40 per cent of… Read more »