Silent Invasion: China’s sharp power undermining democracy
The mayor of an Australian city has admitted that, at the request of a Chinese official, its local council got rid of a Taiwanese flag that some school students painted… Read more »
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‘Democracy deferred’ in Azerbaijan: Journalism is not a crime
A new documentary film – “Courage – Journalism is not a crime” by celebrated Danish director Tom Heinemann. – premiered on the 25th anniversary of the World Press Freedom… Read more »
Can Indonesia help advance Middle East democracy?
A new factor has been inserted into the equation of political reform in Egypt: a dialogue between Egypt and Indonesia on promoting democracy, notes Giora Eliraz, the author of Islam in Indonesia:… Read more »
Is there a Path to Democracy in the Arab World?
The Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (above) is an exemplar of Palestinian civil society, notes Council on Foreign Relations analyst Elliott Abrams. The group, which monitors corruption in Gaza and… Read more »
In new era of strategic competition, China’s autocracy at odds with democracy
China’s model, which has brought more people out of poverty faster than any other system in history, continues to flourish, argues Wall Street executive Steven Rattner, a counselor in the… Read more »
Threat to Western democracy ‘starts at home’
We have moved from a world of ideological struggles in the 20th century to a world of geopolitical struggles in the 21st—or so goes the conventional wisdom. But technology is… Read more »
Democracy under pressure: polarization and repression increasing worldwide
The quality of worldwide democracy and governance has fallen to its lowest level in 12 years, with much of the decline occurring in free societies where some governments rule with… Read more »
The right way to defend democracy
The title of William A. Galston’s “Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy” makes an excellent case that the populist surge of 2016 was rooted in the economic stagnation of… Read more »
On the frontlines of disinformation and democracy
“Speaking Truth to Power: Media Capture, Disinformation, and Democracy,” was the subject of a panel at the IU School of Global and International Studies/National Endowment for Democracy conference on Thursday,… Read more »
Authoritarian resurgence makes democracy promotion even more vital
The idea that the U.S. should support the emergence of democracy around the world has been a pillar of American—and Republican—foreign policy for decades, says analyst Walter Russell Mead. But… Read more »