How to control the global authoritarian pandemic
The US election is the most important since 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt became president in the depths of the Depression. With much trial and error, FDR saved democracy, at… Read more »
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Is this democratic experiment ‘on life support’?
Extreme intolerance has replaced the liberal notion of negotiated compromise that is the sine qua non of democracy, argues Andrew A. Michta, dean of the College of International and… Read more »
Authoritarian digital influence: Grappling with the new normal
Many authoritarian regimes have a common interest in not merely burnishing their own images internationally, but in sowing distrust in democracy and the rule of law generally, argues Shanthi Kalathil,… Read more »
Why Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests matter
The #EndSARS protests that have erupted across Nigeria may become the most important democratic breakthrough since the end of military rule in 1999 and the peaceful transfer of power after… Read more »
When pandemics meet democracy
The covid-19 pandemic may represent one of the most serious challenges to global democracy since before the “third wave” of democratization began in the mid-1970s, according to The Journal of… Read more »
Will deal help or hinder Sudan’s ‘make-or-break transition’?
The removal of Sudan from a list of state sponsors of terrorism will release essential investment but some analysts believe the deal could jeopardize its fragile democratic transition. The State… Read more »
Kyrgyzstan: Nationalist firebrand takes ‘all power’
After more than a week in hiding following a disputed election, the president of Kyrgyzstan — Central Asia’s only democracy — on Thursday announced his plans to resign, saying he… Read more »
Values matter: Cooperation, solidarity vital to post-pandemic democracy
Solidarity is the only solution for handling a global crisis like the Covid pandemic, an international forum heard this week. Talk about “saving” democracy is not helpful because democracy changes… Read more »
Democratic déjà vu: Kyrgyzstan ‘developing immunity to authoritarianism’?
Kyrgyzstan’s President Sooronbay Jeenbekov announced Tuesday that he plans to ask Parliament for a new vote on their prime minister nominee, Reuters reports [HT: Cipher Brief]: The move could be… Read more »
Freedoms at Risk: El Salvador ’embarking on same path as Venezuela’
El Salvador is embarking on the same path as Venezuela, and President Nayib Bukele is using democracy “to dismantle it,” a Washington forum heard yesterday. “El Salvador is closely connected… Read more »