Democracies still have great influence in the international system, but the challenges to their grip on the order are mounting slipping. New forms of cooperation among powerful democracies, beyond the… Read more »
Since the late 2000s, regional intergovernmental frameworks and NGO networks have begun to emerge in Asia, demonstrating commitment to the norms and values of democracy, notes Maiko Ichihara, Associate Professor at Hitotsubashi… Read more »
Jan. 6 gave the world’s democracies a glimpse of their own mortality, notes NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen. But it can also be a catalyst for revival, he writes for Foreign Policy. … Read more »
For the United States to remain a credible leader of the free world, the world must see that American democracy, which today looks neither efficient nor stable, is once again… Read more »
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of Australia, India, and South Korea to the G7 Summit, which Britain is hosting this summer, marking the first time that the… Read more »
It would be wrong to conclude that recent events mean that the United States has somehow lost its standing to speak up for democracy and human rights globally, says a… Read more »
For all the economic successes of countries like Ethiopia and Rwanda, three major questions about authoritarian development in Africa remain, Nic Cheeseman writes for the Carnegie Endowment: First, there is… Read more »
Democracy and respect for human rights regressed in 80 countries between the start of the pandemic and September, reckons Freedom House. The only place where they improved was Malawi, the… Read more »
If the democratic world is going to mount a successful defense against authoritarian states’ efforts to rewrite global norms in their own favor, NATO and EU nations must make up… Read more »
Like the passing of the seasons, the Kremlin’s playbook for malign energy activities comes around year after year. Whether it is using energy infrastructure proposals to export strategic corruption into… Read more »