The foreign policy agenda of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft – a coalition of libertarians, neo-realists and the progressive left – would diminish the prospects for liberal democracy and… Read more »
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 »
Dominant-party regimes present especially high-profile and thorny dilemmas for international democracy support in that they can often co-opt programs that offer support to state organs, election commissions, technical bodies,… Read more »
Less than a year into his controversial third term in office, Guinea’s president, Alpha Condé, was ousted last week in a military coup, note analysts Carolyn Logan, Aliou Barry and Josephine… Read more »
Curbs on the internet offer a competitive advantage to authoritarian regimes vis-à-vis democracies, according to new research. “If there is a benefit to imposing internet control, given the absence of… Read more »
In just over a year, Africa has experienced three successful coups (two in Mali and one more recently in Guinea), one unsuccessful coup attempt in Niger, and an arbitrary military… Read more »
A Chinese citizen journalist serving a four-year sentence after reporting on the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan is in ill health after staging a… Read more »
Georgia’s long-accumulated achievements in building something approaching a democratic state are in danger of suffering death by a thousand cuts, says Thomas de Waal, a senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, specializing… Read more »
The long-term performance of democracies hinges on their adaptability in the face of new realities and resilience to internal and external challenges, according to a new report. The European Commission’s… Read more »
Government-imposed internet shutdowns are on the rise globally, with devastating impacts on affected communities. Fighting back requires shining a light where governments impose the dark, says a study published in… Read more »
