Even more than his predecessors, Xi Jinping operates in the shadows. China has published many volumes of excerpts from his speeches. Only recently, however, has a rare leak of secret… Read more »
Should the United States prioritize democracy promotion over other foreign policy goals? A new analysis questions two assumptions: that the American people should support democracy promotion as a key foreign… Read more »
Global perceptions of US democracy have deteriorated to unprecedented negative levels, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. Meanwhile, the West’s democracies seem more interested in fighting over fish… Read more »
Across 17 advanced economies, a median of 56% believe their political system needs major changes or needs to be completely reformed. Roughly two-thirds or more hold this view in Italy,… Read more »
How little Lithuania dragged the EU into its showdown with China https://t.co/cQ02OMyY9P — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 7, 2021 China’s aggressive campaign against the Baltic state of Lithuania is a… Read more »
Jan. 6 gave the world’s democracies a glimpse of their own mortality, notes NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen. But it can also be a catalyst for revival, he writes for Foreign Policy. … Read more »
Research has shown that personal trust in the U.S. is linked to broader confidence in democratic institutions, greater communal participation and fewer reported negative feelings like anxiety and depression, the Pew Research Center notes…. Read more »
The Covid pandemic provided China with a golden opportunity to expand its global influence, but the regime “blew it,” leaving the world “wide open for America’s return,” says a leading… 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 international reputation of the United States, the world’s worst-hit country, has suffered over its handling of the covid-19 pandemic — but China, its main geostrategic rival, has struggled to… Read more »