There are many risks that Generative AI pose to democracies, analysts suggest: The opaqueness of AI algorithms at the back end may suppress legitimate political discourse while favoring established opinions … Read more »
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ideology-driven economic policies risk derailing the country’s future as they fundamentally change incentives driving the behavior of local officials, entrepreneurs and young Chinese, Nikkei Asia reports…. Read more »
Half of the world’s countries are suffering democratic decline, ranging from flawed elections to curtailed rights including freedoms of expression and assembly, an intergovernmental watchdog group said on Thursday, Reuters… Read more »
Democracies like Israel can only ultimately defeat autocratic actors like Hamas by “presenting an alternative ideology that is more attractive,” says Yossi Mekelberg, Associate Fellow of the MENA Program at… Read more »
Africa’s recent coups should not be misinterpreted as reformist, according to a new analysis. Military coups that occurred within already authoritarian governments—Chad, Gabon, Sudan, and Zimbabwe—were led by actors who… Read more »
The argument that the entire population of Gaza can be held responsible for Hamas’s actions is quickly discredited when one looks at the facts, according to analysts Amaney A. Jamal… Read more »
Don’t flatter the west’s enemies as an ‘axis’ https://t.co/rafK01EliC via @ft — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 24, 2023 After the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian… Read more »
Ten years of China’s Belt and Road: what has $1tn achieved? https://t.co/p6cdPxq8Ws via @ft — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 23, 2023 China offers a coherent ideological alternative to the liberal-democratic… Read more »
The days when democracy was considered the only viable political regime are over, according to a leading analyst. “This process of a declining Liberal West, along with its increasing inability… Read more »
Mutual democratic values underpin U.S. solidarity with Israel in the wake of the weekend’s atrocities by Hamas, according to White House national security spokesman John Kirby. “As a vibrant democracy,… Read more »