Disinformation affects democratic systems by lowering the deliberative quality of society which in turn accelerates citizens’ alienation from democracy, say analysts Christoph Deppe and Gary S. Schaal. Press coverage of the poisoning… Read more »
A new ASPI report demonstrates that in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, social media posts by Chinese diplomats on US-owned platforms almost exclusively blamed the US, NATO and the… Read more »
Uyghur concentration camps in China’s western Xinjiang province (aka East Turkistan) have a shoot-to-kill policy for those who try to escape, according to leaked documents seen by the BBC (above)…. Read more »
Like Ukraine, the post-Communist countries that joined the E.U. and NATO in the 1990s and 2000s have experienced interference in their domestic politics, energy policy blackmail and disinformation campaigns coming from Russia, but their… Read more »
With autocrats and illiberal forces resurgent, democracy is in danger worldwide, according to Stanford University’s Larry Diamond. Yet the world is at a “fluid moment” in which trends “could swing… Read more »
China and Russia are attempting to ingrain authoritarian values into the global cyberspace, a new analysis suggests. Russia is also leveraging and restricting mass media and social networks to protect… Read more »
Are the authoritarians who grace, or disgrace, our world, from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Vladimir Putin, more like or unlike their twentieth-century predecessors? Two new books, each with virtues of… Read more »
“Crisis of democracy” is a cliché of our time. But what about the even more consequential crisis of autocracy? Just watch the meltdowns in China, Russia, Turkey and arguably Africa’s… Read more »
The Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists today launched its annual report. “Defending Press Freedom in Times of Tension and Conflict” is written by the… Read more »
“Ukrainian democracy continues” as Russia is failing to achieve nearly all of its war objectives in Ukraine, a senior White House official said on Sunday. “In our view, Russia has already… Read more »