Tunisia’s independent media regulator this week closed a television station, Nesma TV, owned by the Heart of Tunisia party leader Nabil Karoui, and a religious radio station, saying both were… Read more »
Today many Russian democrats, desperate to get Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin, find themselves voting for the Communists. They are well aware of the irony, the Economist reports: But,… Read more »
The European Union’s executive said on Tuesday that Turkey’s bid to join the bloc had “come to a standstill” amid serious democratic shortfalls, in its most critical annual report since… Read more »
Thousands protest against Bukele in El Salvador as grievances mount https://t.co/brECF02iAe — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 18, 2021 Thousands of people in El Salvador took to the streets on Sunday… Read more »
As the United States rolls back some of its global commitments, it should prepare for a homecoming of sorts, a political reengagement with its hemispheric neighborhood that is deeper and… Read more »
The European Union is signaling a watershed reversal of its enlargement policy, as reports out of Brussels suggest that EU leaders no longer support an assured path to membership for Western… Read more »
Different as they are, Israel and the United States suffer from similar forms of political discord, social fracture, cultural dislocation, and ideological distortion, argues Hoover’s Peter Berkowitz. Their struggles to… Read more »
When Ecuadoreans choose a new president and legislature on February 7th, they will begin a busy political year across Latin America. Chile, Haiti, Honduras, Peru and Nicaragua are due… Read more »
The global open internet is splintering as nation-states such as China and Russia wall themselves from the free flow of information while repurposing digital technology to their economic and ideological… Read more »
This week, the South Korean parliament passed a law criminalizing the practice of floating balloons with anti-regime leaflets, cultural items and cash into North Korea. The move is causing a backlash… Read more »