How China is choking (and co-opting) civil society
China is not content to control civil society within its own borders. Given the role of NGOs in advancing human rights globally and drawing attention to China’s human rights crimes,… Read more »
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Venezuela’s Mafia State ‘slides toward anarchy’
Has Venezuela’s social and cultural pluralism resisted Chavismo’s efforts at cooptation to provide an alternative to an authoritarian regime or does the country face only dim scenarios? Think tanks and… Read more »
Bipartisanship a rare but vital democratic asset
Bipartisanship is a rare and fragile commodity in U.S. politics, but at least one institution continues to draw robust support from across the political spectrum. Democrats and Republicans alike expressed… Read more »
System Rivalry: How democracies can compete with digital authoritarians
Artificial intelligence (AI) already has been a game changer in favor of authoritarian states. AI-enabled tools have turbocharged every pre-existing form of repression including: mass and targeted surveillance, censorship, and… Read more »
How ‘totalitarian’ China subverts democracy globally
The decision to invite Beijing into the world economic system in 2001 has not led to anything like the more liberal or democratic China that world leaders had envisaged, only… Read more »
Advancing democracy is ‘the cause of our time’ – in new strategic context
Defending and advancing democracy is “the cause of our time,” says Damon Wilson, President & CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Democracy has taken hits or is… Read more »
‘Brittle façade’ of Putin’s Russia limits authoritarian contagion?
Democracies have been bent out of shape by rising populism but autocrats are more likely to crack under pressure, as the brittle façade of Vladimir Putin’s Russia demonstrates, analyst Philip… Read more »
Democracies must set rules for AI or way of life at stake
Senior White House officials appeared at a conference on emerging technologies to reinforce the message that Washington and its allies must close ranks to ensure that advances in artificial intelligence… Read more »
How to build conditions for transition in Venezuela
President Joe Biden and his advisors should build a framework of incentives designed to nudge a political transition in Venezuela, argues Jorge Jraissati, the president of the Venezuelan Alliance…. Read more »
Will re-engagement in UN Human Rights Council bring influence, leverage?
UNHRC Condemnations, 2006-2021: 🇰🇵 North Korea 13 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 0 🇻🇪 Venezuela 2 🇵🇰 Pakistan 0 🇸🇴 Somalia 0 🇧🇾 Belarus 11 🇪🇷 Eritrea 10 🇮🇱 Israel 90 🇹🇷 Turkey… Read more »