Pandemic geopolitics are intensifying investments in pro-democracy civic capacities and democracies’ societal resilience, according to a new report from the Carnegie Endowment. Developments are beginning to condition many states’ domestic… Read more »
When Joe Biden left the White House in early 2017, democracy faced challenges in Latin America, especially in the countries that embraced 21st century socialism (Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and… Read more »
Should the U.S. re-commit to revitalizing current instruments for democracy assistance rather than allocating resources to a proposed Summit for Democracy? On its face, the agenda of the proposed summit… Read more »
What is the best balance of political freedom and economic openness? We are about to witness a demonstration of whether an authoritarian state can take over a free society and… Read more »
The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact not only on government policies but also on societies, says a leading analyst. The crisis has played out at the public authority… Read more »
It is during a moment of democratic regression that opportunities for renewal and resilience become both evident and imperative. Around the world, COVID-19 has tested democracies and accelerated trends toward… Read more »
The nature of great power competition in the 21st century will shape the world, some observers suggest. So should it be the strategic priority of foreign policy? Given the current… Read more »
Excessive use of emergency powers and limitations of media freedoms have raised concerns that Covid-19 is infecting democracy itself, a new analysis observes. How do government responses to Covid-19 violate… Read more »
Experts fear that, as a consequence of pandemic shutdowns and slumping economies, tens of millions in Latin America will be pushed deeper into poverty, erasing multiple generations of social progress… Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate the very weaknesses that have marked the democratic erosion of the last decade in most of the 137 developing and transformation countries examined in the… Read more »