As we mark International Democracy Day……. The free world should recognize it has a substantial strategic advantage in this contest [of democracies vs. autocracies], because, fundamentally, people do not want… Read more »
To celebrate International Democracy Day 2022, the Global Democracy Coalition, currently hosted by International IDEA, will hold an event to celebrate and discuss the most effective ways to support democracy’s… Read more »
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban receives generally positive ratings from people in his own country, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted shortly after his reelection this spring. However, he… Read more »
Despite 16 years of democratic recession, the transatlantic axis remains the “backbone of the Free World,” according to a leading democracy advocate. Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has shattered the… Read more »
Following the re-election of Hungary’s Viktor Orban for a fourth consecutive term as prime minister last month, the European Parliament released a draft report characterizing Hungary as a ‘hybrid regime of… Read more »
The United States will cut assistance to Tunisia because of its government’s “deviation from democracy,” the head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said yesterday. “Tunisia will… Read more »
The United States and Europe are understandably wary of engaging in direct conflict with Russia, but they can still do more than provide short-term assistance to Ukraine, argues Bruce Ackerman,… Read more »
Tunisia’s president has been carrying out a creeping coup, demolishing the country’s hard-fought democratic gains bit by bit. With an economy in turmoil and a splintered opposition, is there… Read more »
Embrace non-state actors – that’s one of several lessons from research and grass roots activism that show how the Global Fragility Act can improve ways to advance democracy in fragile… Read more »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attracted global attention when he rejected a U.S. offer to evacuate, replying defiantly, “The fight is here. I need ammunition, not a ride.” That response “will… Read more »