North Korea leads as global slavery hits 46 million
Almost 46 million people are living as slaves globally with the greatest number in India but the highest prevalence in North Korea, according to the third Global Slavery Index… Read more »
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Cambodia’s democracy ‘in retreat’?
The Cambodian government should ask the United Nations to help it carry out a full and independent investigation into the October 26, 2015 attack on two opposition members of… Read more »
Mission Failure? America in the Post-Cold War Era
In the wake of the Cold War something unique in modern American history and rare in the historical experience of any great power occurred: The United States faced no serious… Read more »
‘Get close’ to have an impact, Power tells students
As a young student, Samantha Power had lined up a summer internship with the local CBS sports affiliate in Atlanta during her summer break from Yale, she told graduates at… Read more »
Sharing worst practice: former Soviet states’ legal tools of repression
The ways in which authoritarian regimes learn from each other and collaborate to develop repressive practices is outlined in Sharing worst practice: How countries and institutions in the former Soviet… Read more »
A Strategy for Democratic Renewal
Democracy is being challenged today as never before since the end of Cold War, notes Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy. Freedom House has recorded ten consecutive… Read more »
Cultural Revolution nightmare still disturbs Chinese democracy dream
The nightmare of the Cultural Revolution continues to disturb the dream of Chinese democracy, The Economist notes: The violence of the Cultural Revolution, and the many officials it claimed… Read more »
Vietnam’s protesters look to Obama’s visit
President Obama is considering broadly expanding weapons sales to Vietnam in a move aimed at strengthening ties with Hanoi and boosting regional defenses against China’s growing clout, according to the Los… Read more »
Chávez’s legacy: Venezuela heading for collapse
Venezuela‘s army is to be backed by civilians grouped into ancillary security units, to tackle food shortages and public unrest, under a state of emergency decree published on Monday, reports suggest:… Read more »
Democracy in Asia the ‘unspoken issue’ in TPP agenda
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a national security imperative that is likely to enhance prospects for advancing democracy in Asia, analysts suggest. After World War II, the U.S., having learned… Read more »