By jailing fearless Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai (above) on charges of breaking its new national security law, the Communist Party of China intends to reinforce the new limits… Read more »
Should the U.S. re-commit to revitalizing current instruments for democracy assistance rather than allocating resources to a proposed Summit for Democracy? On its face, the agenda of the proposed summit… Read more »
If the democratic world is going to mount a successful defense against authoritarian states’ efforts to rewrite global norms in their own favor, NATO and EU nations must make up… Read more »
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) vacancies include: Program Officer, Eastern Europe (Belarus) Program Officer, Southeast Europe (Albania & Kosovo) Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa (Turkey) Senior Manager, Eurasia (South… Read more »
European leaders like to claim they care about democracy. But too often, their policies ignore it — damaging Europe’s own interests in the process, argue AEI analysts Dalibor Rohac and Ivana Stradner…. Read more »
With democracy backsliding and authoritarian countries flexing their muscles, the United States should accelerate efforts to help established democracies succeed and assist states undergoing democratic transitions, says a new analysis…. Read more »
Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin is concerned at the likelihood of a shift in US foreign policy towards advancing democracy and human rights, a leading expert attests. “One feature of the newly… Read more »
Is Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement undergoing a strategic shift? During her fourth annual policy address, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam praised the controversial national security law Beijing imposed earlier… Read more »
“We’ve witnessed a sharp rise in nationalist rhetoric that plays to people’s fears instead of their hopes. Institutions and reforms are being challenged… compromise and cooperation dismissed.” Those are the… Read more »
On Nov. 6, Denis Solís González (above), a young and rebellious Cuban rapper, dared to call a police officer who broke into his house to harass him a “chicken… Read more »