Russia has become a kleptocracy under President Vladimir Putin. As a consequence, Russia’s foreign policy has become more aggressive, argues analyst Anders Aslund. Putin has outsourced much of foreign policy… Read more »
Ukraine’s oligarchic forces continue to push back against the reform efforts that have dominated the political agenda since 2014, notes Serhiy Verlanov, the former Head of Ukraine’s State Tax Service…. Read more »
The results of Myanmar’s recent election (above) underscore the gulf between the West, which has fallen out of love with the former democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi over her… Read more »
Democratic institutions and norms and some chronic dilemmas in the practice of democracy come under scrutiny in a seminar series commencing on Thursday, 19 November 2020 which convenes important thinkers… Read more »
Strategies for countering the global democratic recession and anti-democratic wave are a focus of discussion for the the Hamilton-Lugar School’s sixth conference on America’s Role in the World®. The nonpartisan event –… Read more »
Current approaches to democratic renewal fall short in addressing widespread disconnection. Most reform initiatives are procedural or institutional, focused on changing formal rules, such as electoral systems, or coupling new… Read more »
The Covid pandemic in Africa could well become a political emergency that threatens the democratic progress that countries across the continent have achieved in recent years, argue Alan Doss and… Read more »
The robustness of democratic institutions in large part rests on citizen activism, according to a leading civil-resistance expert. “Regular people should know that there are steps they can take to… Read more »
The Covid pandemic is presenting political parties with severe challenges – and unique opportunities, analysts suggest. Peruvians woke up Monday morning without a president, after Congress failed to agree on… Read more »
The great question facing the free world is how to deal with China in this new era of competition, argues analyst Michael Auslin. One answer is provided in a new “handbook”… Read more »