Cuba’s ‘astonishing’ protests: Could the regime fall?
Cubans have taken to the streets for the biggest anti-government protests in decades, chanting “Patria y Vida” — Homeland and Life — a play on the communist slogan “Homeland or… Read more »
Can democracies align to fight disinformation?
Democratic societies will, undoubtedly, look to historical experience as they approach digital solutions from differing socio-cultural and legal angles, say Samuel Woolley, program director of propaganda research at UT Austin’s… Read more »
Ukraine’s unfinished story: Europe’s ‘frontline democracy’
Ukraine’s democratic consolidation and reform agenda require “constructive cooperation and dialogue between government and civil society,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told an online forum organized by the Reanimation Package… Read more »
Return to bedrock principles ‘offers road back from populist authoritarianism’
Does a new book’s insistence on a return to bedrock democratic principles “offer a road back from populist authoritarianism”? Optimism is about a constellation of probabilities; hope entails active effort,… Read more »
Penn Kemble Fellowship Applications Close July 14
There is one week left to apply for the 2021-2022 Cohort of the Penn Kemble Forum on Democracy! Applications will only remain open until July 14, 2021. Drawing on the expertise of… Read more »
How inclusion facilitates democratic transitions
Inclusive dialogue and negotiations can facilitate democratic transitions after nonviolent campaigns, says a new report based on statistical analysis and case studies of transitions in Egypt, Tunisia, and Ukraine. The… Read more »
West ‘not serious enough’ with ‘totalitarian’ Belarus
🇧🇾 #Belarus witnesses an unprecedented #HumanRights crisis over the past year, with massive human rights violations. UN expert Anaïs Marin calls on authorities to end policy of repression and to… Read more »
HK leader says ‘ideologies’ pose security risk
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday “ideologies” posed risks to national security and urged parents, teachers and religious leaders to observe the behavior of teenagers and report those… Read more »
Why China won’t bury us
“China gave us the virus. And the free world gave us the vaccines.” the chess champion and democracy advocate Garry Kasparov told the NYT’s Bret Stephens. You don’t have to… Read more »
Democracy, yes. Liberal democracy? Not so much, says CEE survey
Democracy does not equate to liberal democracy, according to the latest GLOBSEC Trends 2021 survey: The identification of democracy as an ideal governance system has plummeted by 15 percentage points… Read more »