How to fix democracy
How To Fix Democracy film is a documentary from the Bertelsmann Foundation about the contemporary crisis of liberal democracy. Filmed in Europe and the United States, it features… Read more »
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How to ensure post-Covid democratic resilience
There are five main challenges for democracies after coronavirus, analysts Célia Belin and Giovanna De Maio write in a new Brookings analysis: protecting the safety and integrity of elections, finding the right… Read more »
Poland’s ‘populistainment’: Spectators at the dismantling of democracy
The political and ideological project being implemented by Poland’s populist governing party, Law and Justice (PiS), has a long way to run. The re-election of the party’s candidate Andrzej Duda to… Read more »
Post-pandemic populist resurgence? Reforms needed to save democracy
Some voters live in a so-called populist bubble, where they hear nationalist and xenophobic messages, learn to distrust fact-based media and evidence-based science, and become receptive to conspiracy theories and… Read more »
Why Covid could prove ‘a restorative moment’ for democracy
Soon after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, in perhaps the greatest intellectual explosion of futures thinking in human history, governments, businesses, institutions, and individuals asked… Read more »
Latin America facing a ‘decline of democracy’ under Covid pandemic
Postponed elections. Sidelined courts. A persecuted opposition. As the coronavirus pandemic tears through Latin America and the Caribbean, killing more than 180,000 and destroying the livelihoods of tens of millions… Read more »
‘Multitasking’ Maduro tightens hold on Venezuela as coronavirus surges
The Venezuelan opposition hoped that 2020 could bring new momentum after several failed pushes to overthrow Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Then came the coronavirus. Analysts say the pandemic has helped suck… Read more »
Democracy vs. Democracy: The Populist Challenge
At a time when the world’s democracies are on a back foot against a pandemic and creeping authoritarianism, a new study finds hope in Latin America. The reason is a… Read more »
Why ‘incompetent nativist populists’ can survive the pandemic
Covid has exposed society’s dysfunctions https://t.co/q7vUQak94H via @financialtimes — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 15, 2020 With the Covid pandemic, the sheer incompetence of the nativist populists has at least… Read more »
Enhancing democratic partnership in the Indo-Pacific
CSIS, in partnership with @NEDemocracy and @SunnylandsNews, outlined 10 points to advance democratic governance in the Indo-Pacific. Read the statement of principles here: https://t.co/Ws4mo8F81H — CSIS (@CSIS) July 14,… Read more »