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Belarus a ‘litmus test and challenge’ to democracy

DemDigest    August 25, 2020 August 25, 2020   

The protests against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime will send a sobering message to the real last dictator on the European continent if efforts to organize a democratic election in Belarus are… Read more »

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Analysis, Authoritarianism, Baltics, Belarus, Central/Eastern Europe, Europe, Lithuania   

How Navalny revolutionized Russia’s opposition politics

DemDigest    August 24, 2020 August 24, 2020   

Navalny will survive ‘poison attack’, Bizilj tells Bild | Article [AMP] | Reuters https://t.co/WskPkSYWNL — Michael McFaul (@McFaul) August 23, 2020 The harrowing videos of Alexei Navalny, a blogger who… Read more »

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Analysis, Eurasia, Russia   

Combating malign influence through ‘societal resilience’

DemDigest    August 24, 2020 August 24, 2020   

  Battles of Influence: Deliberate Disinformation and Global Health Security https://t.co/MZDgt21A2A — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 24, 2020 In the twenty-first century, it is truer than ever that competitions and… Read more »

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Analysis, Authoritarianism, Civil Society, COVID-19, digital democracy, disinformation   

India’s ‘toxic’ polarization shows no signs of abating

DemDigest    August 24, 2020 August 24, 2020   

  🇮🇳 | Polarization in #India is more toxic today than it has been in decades, and it shows no signs of abating.@SNiranjansahoo with Thomas Carothers and Andrew O’Donohue in… Read more »

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Analysis, Asia, India   

Why democracy and autocracy both endure

DemDigest    August 24, 2020 October 2, 2020   

  Democracy and autocracy each have strong roots. There are good reasons to expect each to endure https://t.co/cTKVbEXd66 — The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 20, 2020 Two common beliefs about democracy… Read more »

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Democratic institutions, Democratic Transitions, Democratization    #AUTOCRATS #autocracy, #Stasavage

Belarus: Can people power topple Europe’s last dictator?

DemDigest    August 24, 2020 August 24, 2020   

For 26 years, President Aleksandr Lukashenko has built a regime in his own eccentric, authoritarian image. Now he faces the greatest challenge yet to his hold on power in Belarus,… Read more »

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Analysis, Authoritarianism, Belarus, Democratic Transitions, Dictatorships, Europe   

China ‘eliding responsibility’ with Hong Kong conspiracy theories

DemDigest    August 21, 2020 August 21, 2020   

  Akram Keram, a program officer on China at the National Endowment for Democracy, testified on Hong Kong’s struggle for democracy before the Canadian House of Commons Special Committee on… Read more »

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Analysis, Authoritarianism, China, Civil Society, Democracy Assistance and Promotion, Hong Kong    #BlackHand #CCP, #HongKong

How social media helps to undermine democracy

DemDigest    August 21, 2020 August 21, 2020   

Democracies have long claimed to have several advantages over authoritarian regimes – such as sound governance and effectiveness in wartime – based on the open marketplace of ideas and freedom… Read more »

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Analysis, digital democracy, disinformation   

Navalny – ‘who Putin fears most’ – exposed Russia’s kleptocracy

DemDigest    August 21, 2020 August 21, 2020   

  NEW: Yesterday, the world was shocked to learn that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is fighting for his life after apparently being poisoned. Here’s what he’s done to expose… Read more »

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anti-corruption, Authoritarianism, Eurasia, KLEPTOCRACY, Russia    #kleptocracy #AlexeiNavalny

Explaining the rise of modern populism

DemDigest    August 21, 2020 August 21, 2020   

  Takis S. Pappas, a contributor to the @NEDemocracy‘s @JoDemocracy on the rise of modern populism https://t.co/e94BvKAw76 via @TEDTalks — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 21, 2020 BRAZIL AND MEXICO: POPULIST… Read more »

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Brazil, Latin America/Caribbean, Mexico    #Altamar, populism

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