War, politics, religion fuel Myanmar conflicts
The arrests of three Myanmar journalists in recent days has focused attention on the squeeze of media freedoms and the residual repressive laws still used by the military and government… Read more »
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What explains the populist surge? Interests or identity?
The abiding characteristic of populism is its division of the world into a virtuous people on the one hand, and corrupt elites and threatening outsiders on the other, notes FT… Read more »
Foreign aid’s soft power ‘will send ISIS to same grave as communism’?
Foreign assistance is an essential asset in addressing such vital national security interests as countering violent extremism, argues former US Senator Kelly Ayotte. Democracy assistance programs supported by the State… Read more »
Can the West survive current turmoil?
The West’s current upheaval is captured in two books by British journalists hailing from publications known for promoting free peoples and free markets. In “The Fate of the West,” by former Economist… Read more »
Time to take idea of the West back from the populists
The very populists who happily speak in the name of the West have proven to be the most immediate threat to Western political principles, a threat from within, notes Michael Kimmage, a… Read more »
Tackle ideological roots of jihadism to counter terrorism
The increasing threat of terrorism has not just influenced American perceptions of the liberal international order. It has had an impact in European democracies as well, contributing to Brexit and… Read more »
‘Geopolitical judo’ – how to defeat Russia’s information warfare
Authoritarian adversaries able and willing to use hybrid methods of attack have long studied Western democracies, searching for their possible vulnerabilities, according to a new report, After the EU Global… Read more »
Zbigniew Brzezinski’s legacy: defend liberal world order
Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski was one of the strongest exponents of the “liberal international order,” notes The Washington Post’s David Ignatius: Brzezinski, who died Friday, devoted most of his… Read more »
Egypt’s NGO law cracking down on dissent, suffocating civil society
Egypt issued a new law on Monday that regulates the work of non-governmental organizations, a measure seen by rights groups as the latest sign of a growing crackdown on dissent… Read more »
Guatemala a test case in region-wide anti-corruption battle
Claudia Escobar Mejía denounced a massive corruption case in Guatemala involving Roxana Baldetti, then vice president of the country, and the former president of the Congress, EfectoNaim reports. With each… Read more »