Hybrid warfare: ‘squelching Internet freedom’
Russia has breathed new life into the concept of war by other means. Using an increasingly diverse array of tactics, conventional and otherwise, the country has deftly wielded its political… Read more »
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Democratic renewal will help the Free World ‘out of its defensive crouch’
Liberal democrats need to go on the offensive to counter the external authoritarians and internal illiberal forces undermining democratic institutions and liberal values, says a prominent commentator. Ideas have power,… Read more »
How to revitalize the Enlightenment tradition of liberal democracy
The United States and Europe are understandably wary of engaging in direct conflict with Russia, but they can still do more than provide short-term assistance to Ukraine, argues Bruce Ackerman,… Read more »
D20’s ‘democratic buzz’ can counter ‘existential challenge’ from rising autocrats
Authoritarian state capitalism will remain a formidable alternative to the Western model of open market democracy for the foreseeable future, according to a new report. Which explains why the new… Read more »
From G-7 to D-10: Can democratic ‘steering committee’ push back against authoritarians?
British diplomats have been promoting an initiative to create a new forum of the world’s leading democracies, the D-10, designed to push back against growing authoritarianism, analyst Ben Judah writes… Read more »
Democratic innovation key to strategy for shaping post-COVID world
While a recent global initiative cautioned that autocrats are exploiting the pandemic to erode democratic values and institutions, COVID-19 may yet allow the “re-imagining and strengthening of democracy” through innovative… Read more »
‘The Iran That Could Be’: Dialogues on a transition to secular democracy
While the news of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody in September 2022 sparked protests across Iran, it is not the first time Iranian women and girls have been at… Read more »
Ukraine: West’s axis of prudence risks Kremlin victory by default?
The West is back. The invasion of Ukraine has brought those who share democratic values together, writes FT analyst Martin Wolf. For the NATO alliance, it was a time of… Read more »
A global Zeitenwende? Three scenarios at historic ‘inflection point’
The United States and its global partners should double down in 2023 to shape the contest unfolding between democrats and despots that will define the post-Cold War order, according to… Read more »
Blend liberalism and muscular patriotism to confront Autocracy, Inc.
Democracy advocates are not only fighting their own country’s authoritarian regimes, but confront affluent autocratic alliances that act more like a business agglomeration – Autocracy, Inc. – than nation states,… Read more »