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Peak China? CCP’s waning sharp power

DemDigest    January 12, 2023 January 12, 2023   

The chairman of the newly established congressional select committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Representative Mike Gallagher, revealed that Disney CEO Bob Iger and NBA commissioner Adam Silver would be… Read more »

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Analysis, China, Xinjiang    #china #ccp #nationalendowmentfordemocracy, #uyghurs #uighurs #tibet

Activists’ changing language shows Iran protests’ ‘grim new turn’

DemDigest    January 11, 2023 January 11, 2023   

Activists monitoring Iran’s protests are increasingly covering executions and arrests rather than street demonstrations, a sign of how momentum in the unrest has shifted to the state and its crackdown,… Read more »

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Iran, Middle East/North Africa    #Iran #NationalEndowmentForDemocracy

Turkey’s political ban an ‘axe to democracy’ before 2023’s most important election

DemDigest    January 11, 2023 January 12, 2023   

A Turkish court has convicted Şebnem Korur Fincancı, the president of the Turkish Medical Association and a renowned human rights activist, of disseminating “terrorist propaganda” in a trial seen by… Read more »

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Analysis, Authoritarianism, Civil Society, Middle East/North Africa, Turkey    #turkey #pomed #nedemocracy

Kleptocrats increasingly weaponizing corrupt networks

DemDigest    January 10, 2023 January 10, 2023   

After Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, kleptocrats are increasingly weaponizing corrupt networks, relying on opaque shell companies, and turning to professional enabling services to allow them to continue their theft,… Read more »

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Africa, Angola, KLEPTOCRACY    #kleptocracy #nedemocracy

Defending digital freedom in the competition for the future global order

DemDigest    January 10, 2023 January 10, 2023   

The United States could lose the digital future in two ways, according to Defending Digital Freedom and the Competition for the Future of the Global Order, an initial foray into… Read more »

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Authoritarianism, digital democracy    #DefendingDigitalFreedom

Brazil’s democratic resilience frustrates ‘authoritarian learning’

DemDigest    January 10, 2023 January 10, 2023   

Brazil’s democratic institutions demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of Sunday’s assault on government buildings in the capital, Brasilia, said a U.S. government spokesperson. “We have seen remarkable resilience from… Read more »

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Brazil, Latin America/Caribbean    #brazil #nedemocracy

China’s COVID crisis ‘not necessarily a win for democracy’

DemDigest    January 10, 2023 January 10, 2023   

How Chinese people remember and talk about their experiences during the COVID surge with one another may have real political consequences, says Minxin Pei, professor of government at Claremont McKenna… Read more »

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Analysis, Asia, Authoritarianism, China    #china #ccp #nationalendowmentfordemocracy

Democracies entering a dangerous decade

DemDigest    January 9, 2023 January 9, 2023   

The tug of war between democracy and autocracy will persist over the next decade, with democracies potentially losing some ground, according to a new Atlantic Council survey: Respondents as a… Read more »

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Analysis, Democracy Assistance and Promotion    #populism #nationalism

‘Weapons of Mass Disruption’: Will generative AI kill democracy?

DemDigest    January 9, 2023 January 9, 2023   

The role of social media platforms and messaging apps in Sunday’s political violence in Brasília is under the spotlight after experts highlighted their use by Jair Bolsonaro supporters to question the… Read more »

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Analysis, Artificial intelligence, disinformation    #AI #artificialintelligence, #NationalEndowmentforDemocracy

An authoritarian tipping point? China’s myth of Communist competence

DemDigest    January 6, 2023 January 10, 2023   

Has China reached an authoritarian tipping point? A new series from Newsweek uncovers what China’s Communist Party is doing overseas to achieve its stated goal of superpower status and global… Read more »

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Analysis, Asia, Authoritarianism, China    #china #ccp #nationalendowmentfordemocracy, #nedemocracy #sharppower #china, #sharppower

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