Countering authoritarians’ Internet overhaul
Global internet freedom fell for the 12th straight year, led by Russia as well as by worsening conditions in Myanmar, Sudan and Libya, says a new report from Freedom House…. Read more »
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Weaponize transparency to defeat autocracy
Democracies have a significant advantage in weaponizing transparency at scale to highlight autocratic activities that break international norms or inflict damage on local economies and populations, argue Garrett Berntsen, the Deputy Chief… Read more »
Tunisia’s ‘dream of self-government’ in danger
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that Tunisia’s “dream of self-government” was in danger, adding to U.S. criticism of the president’s expansion of powers that has already prompted… Read more »
Ukraine’s civil society adapts to ‘war between systems’
The war in Ukraine “is an inflection point,” said Jonas Parello-Plesner, executive director at the Alliance of Democracies. “It is not just Ukraine’s fight but a fight for liberal democracy,”… Read more »
Sudan’s imperiled transition: ‘Turning ideals into actionable policy’?
Viewed in the context of the Biden Administration’s foreign policy agenda, a democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG) strategy for Sudan could be a case study for turning democracy promotion… Read more »
‘Very muddy nexus’: Servicing post-Soviet kleptocrats weakens the rule of law
The growth of London as a center for financial and professional services coincided with the collapse of the USSR and the rise of post-Soviet kleptocracies in the 1990s. These states… Read more »
Sudan’s transition in the balance
Sudan’s military has announced a deal to reinstate Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister, just under a month after dissolving his government in a coup, Reuters reports. The military leadership on Sunday released… Read more »
Digital Subversion, Dictators, Inc., and other events
Dictators, Inc. The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) hosts a virtual briefing “probing the ties between corporations and dictators” with Vladimir Milov, Russian opposition politician and economist;… Read more »
After Tunisia’s coup: ‘A moment of counter-revolution’ or new democratic initiative?
Thousands of Tunisians protesting against President Kais Saied’s seizure of political power four months ago tried to march on the suspended parliament on Sunday, as hundreds of police blocked off… Read more »
Reports of Arab Spring’s death greatly exaggerated?
The fate of Tunisian activist Moncef Marzouki (above) underlines the sense that the region’s democratic experiment has failed — but he says reports of the Arab Spring’s death are greatly… Read more »