China’s soft power headed for a hard landing?
Views of China have grown more negative in recent years across many advanced economies, and unfavorable opinion has soared over the past year, a new 14-country Pew Research Center survey… Read more »
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U.S. image ‘plummets’ in leading democracies
Opinion of the United States keeps falling in 13 advanced democracies, including staunch American allies, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center, The Post reports. “In several… Read more »
Democratic resilience demands tackling disinformation
For @NewYorker, I surveyed the world of Russian trolls, disinfo, and active measures: such threats exist, but to “exaggerate their prevalence and potency” risks providing “an overly convenient explanation… Read more »
COVID-19, internal divisions testing democracy’s resilience
We under-appreciated the way how people consume #information, how campaigns are being conduct and how information is being spread #online, @Walker_CT @NEDemocracy @ThinkDemocracy @demdigest pic.twitter.com/5RMk0Orpdq — GLOBSEC (@GLOBSEC) August… Read more »
In strategic competition, China benefits from adopting Kremlin’s disinformation playbook
GERMANS NOW SEE THEIR country’s relationship with autocratic China as nearly just as important as its relationship with its traditional democratic ally, the United States – a stark change in mindset… Read more »
‘Facing the Fight’: Journalism without Fear or Favor
Amid a worldwide fight against the novel coronavirus, the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute are joining people around the globe in commemorating World Press Freedom Day… Read more »
Russian, Chinese, Iranian disinformation narratives echoing each other
China, Iran and Russia are using the coronavirus crisis to launch a propaganda and disinformation onslaught against the United States, the State Department warns in a new analysis, POLITICO’s Betsy… Read more »
Autocratization surges, resistance grows
As autocratization accelerates, democratic resistance against this trend is growing, according to new V-Dem Institute data. For the first time since 2001, autocracies became a majority of the world’s political… Read more »
Global struggle for democracy ‘lacking leadership’
The past twelve months registered the 14th consecutive year of decline in global freedom, according to Freedom in the World 2020, the latest survey of political rights and civil liberties… Read more »
Democratic rights popular but commitment not so robust
While democracy remains a popular idea globally, average citizens’ commitment to democratic principles is not consistently robust, according to a new 34-nation Pew Research Center survey. Overwhelming majorities say the… Read more »