Hong Kong: ‘the China model is cracking’
China’s President Xi Jinping and his comrades have been weathering a political storm, with the growing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong adding to pressure on a regime already locked in… Read more »
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8 ways to counter adversarial narratives: A new model for disinformation
China is deploying information operations through the placement of paid media articles as part of a broader campaign to burnish its image in the Taiwanese media, Reuters reports: Reuters has… Read more »
Moscow in Movement: Record protests present new challenge to Putin’s dominance
An estimated fifty thousand people in Moscow (Moscow Times/CFR) protested the barring of independent candidates from the ballot in an upcoming local election in what was one of the country’s… Read more »
Silent Invasion: China’s influence chills free speech
Chinese students poured into Australia and New Zealand in their hundreds of thousands over the past 20 years, paying sticker prices for university degrees that made higher education among both… Read more »
‘Never-ending state war against civil society’ meets the new face of Russia’s protests
Russian authorities have threatened protesters in Moscow with lengthy jail sentences in an attempt to dampen an unexpected surge in protest mood before a planned opposition rally, The Guardian reports…. Read more »
Will the EU be a player or a playground? Solidarity of democratic West ‘matters as much as ever’
Today, the cohesion of the West matters as much as ever in the face of a newly assertive Russia and China, argues David Reynolds, professor of international history at the… Read more »
Does the China Model challenge democracy’s global appeal?
With its economic success, China seems to convey to the world that democracy is not a prerequisite for prosperity and social well-being, says analyst Emily S. Chen. At least for… Read more »
Building resilience against disinformation
State-sponsored disinformation campaigns are upping their game, and they won’t be limited to election cycles. Democracies are still playing catch-up — the United States barely so, say Alina Polyakova and Daniel… Read more »
Two democracies in Beijing’s shadow. Today’s Hong Kong, tomorrow’s Taiwan?
Only a fool would predict a happy ending to the Hong Kong story, but it is also foolish to assume that history will follow a predictable course, notes Jeffrey… Read more »
Strategies for aiding Venezuela: why Maduro’s reign will end
Talks between Venezuela’s government and opposition on ending months of crisis were under way in Norway, sources said Tuesday, but Washington insisted that the only item for discussion should be… Read more »