Most, if not all, policymakers in the democratic West have learned that not sufficiently countering Russian revanchism taught Vladimir Putin that he could get away with more aggression, say the… Read more »
For civil society, the cause of Ukraine should be no less vital than the defense of the Prague Spring of 1968 against Soviet invasion, observers suggest. Putin must attack Ukraine… Read more »
This is big. Never since World War II have the leading authoritarians of their time been so strategically aligned or personally close – at a time when both have an… Read more »
China today used the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics to present an image of a global power whose authoritarian style of government can go head-to-head with a world dominated… Read more »
Protest is dangerous. Talk of democracy & political change is dangerous. To keep them from spreading, Russia’s rulers must maintain careful control over the life of the nation, @NEDemocracy board… Read more »
After the 1953 uprising against East Germany’s Communist regime, Bertolt Brecht wrote the satirical poem “Die Lösung” (The Solution): After the uprising of the 17th of June The Secretary of the Writers’ Union… Read more »
Millions of lives were lost just in the 20th century as a result of failed attempts to create an independent Ukrainian state, says Olga Tokariuk, an independent journalist and researcher… Read more »
Viewed in the context of the Biden Administration’s foreign policy agenda, a democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG) strategy for Sudan could be a case study for turning democracy promotion… Read more »
WATCH: 365 days under the Myanmar coup The military junta continues to commit crimes against humanity with impunity. But the Myanmar people’s fight for democracy never stops. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/mgz81HE2fM —… Read more »
The Internet once held great promise as a means of empowering individuals, but it has become yet another path of control for bad actors, note analysts Anthony Vinci and Nadia… Read more »