The protests against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime will send a sobering message to the real last dictator on the European continent if efforts to organize a democratic election in Belarus are… Read more »
For 26 years, President Aleksandr Lukashenko has built a regime in his own eccentric, authoritarian image. Now he faces the greatest challenge yet to his hold on power in Belarus,… Read more »
Democracies have long claimed to have several advantages over authoritarian regimes – such as sound governance and effectiveness in wartime – based on the open marketplace of ideas and freedom… Read more »
Did you miss this week’s discussion about the presidential election and protests in Belarus? (Ft @McFaul @AnnaGBusse @kath_stoner @FukuyamaFrancis). Watch on YouTube 👀: https://t.co/IMTgD2QC6x pic.twitter.com/ObR8llwY5B — FSI Stanford (@FSIStanford)… Read more »
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the attrition of individual liberties, as pro-democracy groups recently warned in a Call to Defend Democracy. Data collected by Samuel Woodhams of Top10VPN, a digital… Read more »
Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, facing growing nationwide protests, said he was ready to share power, but only on his own terms, as the main opposition leader said she was ready to… Read more »
Read this from @institutegc https://t.co/4PiTp0aDri — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 17, 2020 While Covid-19 may hurt the populists who have downplayed it, it is unlikely to kill populism, according… Read more »
The Decline of the West—New and Improved https://t.co/RTXuiZkJsI via @aminterest — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 17, 2020 While National Endowment for Democracy board member Nadia Schadlow recently echoed calls… Read more »
Just when you think footage from Belarus can’t get more amazing, stuff like this happens: https://t.co/Tzbqd20cxn — Casey Michel 🇰🇿 (@cjcmichel) August 17, 2020 Putin Doesn’t Want to Intervene… Read more »
While the Belarusian security apparatus has stepped up its violence against peaceful protesters, the demonstrations themselves have evolved to maintain the moral high ground. There is no longer any… Read more »