Opposition parties today walked out of the venue where results from Nigeria’s tightly contested presidential elections are being announced, the BBC reports: The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and… Read more »
Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion has been the catalyst for a democratic comeback after a decade in which authoritarianism and populist xenophobia were rising, notes analyst Michael Hirsh. Those menacing… Read more »
To prevail in the unfolding ideological war with China that now stretches before them will require a radical reembrace of liberal-democratic principles by the West’s leaders, says a leading commentator. … Read more »
@AmbPower44‘s address at @freedomhouse was the Biden administration’s latest attempt to articulate its agenda of democratic renewal, says Sarah B Snyder. But FH is not ‘a historically conservative’ NGO –… Read more »
Disinformation affects democratic systems by lowering the deliberative quality of society which in turn accelerates citizens’ alienation from democracy, say analysts Christoph Deppe and Gary S. Schaal. Press coverage of the poisoning… Read more »
Democratic resilience is increasingly invoked by policymakers as an aspect of foreign and security strategies, and as an aim of internally strengthening democratic practices, amid changing threat environments, researchers suggest…. Read more »
Western democracies are demonstrating fresh resolve in defending Ukraine, but still need to demonstrate sufficient resilience by addressing domestic backsliding, according to a new Freedom House report. While some democratic… Read more »
The United States plans to sanction approximately 400 Russian individuals and entities, including more than 300 legislators from the Duma, the Russian parliament’s lower house, a senior Biden administration official… Read more »
Does the messy business of democratic checks and balances, hearings and debates, judicial review and individual rights get in the way of economic development? asks Tom G. Palmer, executive vice… Read more »
We hear the word “corruption” and immediately think of kleptocrats being handed suitcases of cash or bribe-taking public officials in developing countries who are living well beyond their meager official… Read more »