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‘Ukraine’s D-Day’? Victory would showcase democratic model vs. illiberal competitors

     

Ukraine needs a measured lustration policy to strengthen security and rebuild its democracy, say analysts Geoff Dancy, Kathryn Sikkink, Mykhailo Soldatenko, and Patrick Vinck.  As it has been practiced in… Read more »

Stress testing a grand strategy of democratic solidarity

     

As competition (or even conflict) with Russia and China deepens, the US may see an advantage in returning democracy and human rights promotion to the first tier of policy instruments… Read more »

Democracy and its opposites: Can we slow authoritarian backsliding?

     

Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14 will pose a key question of our time: is it possible to slow authoritarian backsliding and renew democratic progress? notes Gönül Tol, the… Read more »

Russia still seeks a ‘Chechen solution’ for Ukraine

     

Moscow’s aim in Ukraine continues to be that of “eliminating anti-Russian elements”  and eventually imposing a “Chechen solution” on the country, a former Russian colleague tells Nathalie Tocci, Director of… Read more »

Russia sought to impose autocracy on Ukraine – now it’s discrediting populism

     

A former commander in the Russian mercenary Wagner Group is seeking asylum in Norway, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration told the Associated Press on Monday. The man, whom it identified as Andrey Medvedev,… Read more »