Exposing China’s ‘unseen war for strategic influence’
A Communist Party congress that is poised to anoint Xi Jinping as China’s top leader for another five years will open in Beijing on Oct. 16, officials announced on Tuesday. Party… Read more »
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How to reverse Tunisia’s troubling trajectory?
A U.S. Congressional delegation has reaffirmed a pledge to support democracy in Tunisia, while expressing concern over the government’s authoritarian drift, the Washington-based Arab Center reports. Senators Chris Coons (D-Delaware)… Read more »
Why are democracies funding autocracies?
Autocracies consume an increasing proportion of official development assistance (ODA) flows, from 64% in 2010 to 79% in 2019, according to a recent OECD analysis. There are two reasons… Read more »
Building trust, reinforcing democracy
Trust is a critical ingredient for cultivating a robust civil society and resilient democracy, analysts attest. By the mid-1990s, several Western democracies, including the United States, were showing signs… Read more »
Ukraine: 6 months of resistance, resilience, and resolve
The killing of the daughter of philosopher Alexander Dugin — a man often referred to as “Putin’s brain” because of his reported influence over the Russian leader — in a… Read more »
China’s discourse power: Ambitions and reality
It is a misconception that China’s leaders aim to export authoritarianism: it is less interested in regime type than in gaining buy-in for its interests, according to a new analysis…. Read more »
Weaponize transparency to defeat autocracy
Democracies have a significant advantage in weaponizing transparency at scale to highlight autocratic activities that break international norms or inflict damage on local economies and populations, argue Garrett Berntsen, the Deputy Chief… Read more »
Angola’s ‘big cancer’ – one-party state in first competitive election?
Angolans head to the polls Wednesday in what is expected to be the closest election since the country first allowed a multi-party vote in 1992, TIME’s Sanya Mansoor reports. The… Read more »
A new democracy ‘architecture’ for the Indo-Pacific?
A promising cross-sector initiative has the potential to create a platform for advancing democracy in the Indo-Pacific region, says a leading protagonist. At a recent forum of the Sunnylands Initiative,… Read more »
A year after Taliban takeover, Afghans in Albania still dream
Pashtana Rasool (below) was involved in spearheading democratic efforts in Afghanistan as the Executive Director of the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization or AFCECO, Una Hajdari writes for Euronews. … Read more »