Can Samantha Power win the battle for Ukraine’s future?
USAID Director Samantha Power sees the story of Ukraine’s struggles as part of a global test for American values, Bret Stephens writes for The New York Times. “This is… Read more »
Democracy – ‘popular ideal, fragile reality’
A sobering and alarming survey reveals that democracy remains popular across the world, but young people are far less likely than their elders to believe it can deliver on what… Read more »
Russia’s ‘pressure-point strategy’ in Ukraine aims to undermine the West
U.S. analysts Michael Kofman and Rob Lee argue in a lengthy posting on War on the Rocks that Ukraine’s patient tactics to some extent have been misunderstood and that its… Read more »
How paranoid nationalism corrupts
Not only has the West lost faith in its program of spreading democracy and good governance, but China—a paranoid nationalist that is inclined to spot slights and threats around every… Read more »
Beijing Rules? China’s threat is geopolitical and ideological, not economic
On a host of fronts, China’s domineering leader seems to be fighting fires, The Post’s Ishaan Tharoor observes: Abroad, President Xi Jinping is confronted by a hardening consensus against… Read more »
N. Korean phishing site steals info of defectors, activists
A North Korean hacking group known as “APT37” created a phishing website disguised as a renowned North Korean human rights organization in order to steal the personal information of defectors… Read more »
‘Nothing left to lose’: Syrian protesters reigniting ‘noble’ revolution
Anti-government protests in southern Syria have stretched into a second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of President Bashar Assad’s government and… Read more »
Resilience: How Ukraine can win a long war
The West is now engaged in a generational struggle against big, ruthless, and wealthy authoritarian regimes, notes Mick Ryan, a military strategist and an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for… Read more »
China behind ‘largest ever’ digital influence ops
People with ties to China’s law enforcement agencies conducted the largest known covert digital influence operation aimed at discrediting the West and promoting Beijing’s agenda across more than 50 social… Read more »
The rule of law ‘in more trouble than democracy’
Almost no one thought that an underdog political reformer could defeat Guatemala’s corrupt political machine, but Bernardo Arévalo did just that, say analysts Will Freeman and Lucas Perelló. Now comes the hard… Read more »