John Hume, R.I.P. – combined moral clarity with strategic vision
John Hume was a political giant whose vision created the Northern Ireland that exists today. But he was a politician, not a saint, and should be remembered as such,… Read more »
Democracy for losers: The silencing of the majority?
The history of failed democracies is replete with one lesson above all others: In times of crisis, it is up to leaders committed to our democratic values to walk democracy… Read more »
Reversal of Fortune: Turkey’s Unraveling Democracy
There is a concrete way for dethroned incumbents to evade the consequences of electoral defeat, observes Jan-Werner Müller, Professor of Politics at Princeton University. Consider the party of Turkish President… Read more »
How long-term pandemic fallout could erode democracy
What will be COVID-19’s longer-term impact on democracy? Recent research points to the causal pathways that can lead to democratic breakdown — as a result of the global economic fallout from the pandemic,… Read more »
China’s Grand Strategy: A ‘Carl Schmitt moment’?
New RAND research describes four possible scenarios for China in 2050: 🇨🇳 triumphant China 🇨🇳 ascendant China 🇨🇳 stagnant China 🇨🇳 imploding Chinahttps://t.co/98Tb97F1Tb — RAND Corporation (@RANDCorporation) August 3,… Read more »
Social media double standards favor autocrats?
THE interaction @Ostrov_A and I had with @Twitter’s representative during the Knesset hearing that exposed the double standards on their platform. #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate #AdoptIHRA pic.twitter.com/l5pD55XHSL — מיכל קוטלר-וונש – Michal… Read more »
Russia’s Far East protests show Putin slipping
Why are some observers more sensitive to autocrats’ perceptions than democrats’ need for solidarity? Excellent riposte from @NEDemocracy board member @AmbDanFried https://t.co/rvra4LvJuB — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 29, 2020… Read more »
‘Disinformed to death’: The best defense against digital authoritarianism is….
Disinformed to Death https://t.co/DFOqGBbXwm via @nybooks — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 3, 2020 For the better part of four years, those sounding the alarm about the dangers of fake news… Read more »
The newest way to silence dissent during a pandemic
The newest way to silence journalists, @JRezaian writes: Jail them during a pandemic https://t.co/gsEqH4Adom — Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) August 3, 2020 The same global health crisis that is helping the… Read more »
‘Tired Of Being Afraid’: Belarus election jolts Europe’s last dictator
Some 60,000 people joined an opposition rally in Belarus, where presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya said she was “tired of being afraid” and wanted to bring about peaceful change in the… Read more »