U.S. image ‘plummets’ in leading democracies
Opinion of the United States keeps falling in 13 advanced democracies, including staunch American allies, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center, The Post reports. “In several… Read more »
Disinformation central to battle of narratives?
While misinformation is false and often harmful information, which is not shared with malicious intent, disinformation is false and malicious information, which is shared deliberately to cause harm, notes analyst… Read more »
Resilience neutralizing Kremlin plot to dismantle democracy
Read @apolyakova on the threat to U.S. elections posed by disinformation and conspiracy theories emanating not just from Russia but also from China, Iran, Venezuela, and beyond:https://t.co/wkta5xoHhn — Foreign Affairs… Read more »
Democracies push back against China
The contours of a new U.S.-China “tech cold war” have become clear, but who, if anyone, will benefit from this competition remains an open question, notes Adam Segal, Director of… Read more »
How Russia handles uprisings: Belarus vs Armenia
Belarus and Armenia: How Russia handles uprisings | European Council on Foreign Relations https://t.co/2kDobRcDvK — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 16, 2020 Top officials at the State Department have been… Read more »
A ‘grand strategy’ for democratic resilience
A Grand Strategy of Resilience https://t.co/u22BnZnz7L via @ForeignAffairs — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 14, 2020 To build a foundation of domestic strength is not to withdraw from the world—far… Read more »
Transition time: From democratic decay & breakdown to innovation & renewal?
There has never been a more appropriate and urgent occasion to celebrate International Democracy Day, say advocates and analysts. On 25 June the joint Letter to Defend Democracy was issued… Read more »
Democratic values a new terrain of strategic competition
The authoritarian resurgence has made values and rights into a new terrain of strategic competition, according to a leading democracy advocate. The good news for democratic forces is that despite… Read more »
Belarus: systematic beatings, torture of protesters
Belarusian security forces arbitrarily detained thousands of people and systematically subjected hundreds to torture and other ill- treatment in the days following the August 9, 2020 presidential election, Human Rights… Read more »
China: The ‘Long Shadow’ of Xinjiang
Civil society groups in Muslim-majority countries are increasingly uncomfortable with their governments’ reticence to criticize China’s ‘cultural genocide’ in Xinjiang, notes analyst Nithin Coca. Activists are organizing boycotts, protests, and… Read more »