“From shuttering or co-opting the free press, to banishing political opponents, to eliminating free and fair elections and then repeatedly declaring himself the people’s choice, the Hun Sen regime continues… Read more »
The military coup in Sudan came as a shock to many observers even though civilian-military tensions had recently spiked. But Western states should have done more to aid the country’s… Read more »
The European Union’s executive said on Tuesday that Turkey’s bid to join the bloc had “come to a standstill” amid serious democratic shortfalls, in its most critical annual report since… Read more »
Open economies and open societies have delivered tremendous human progress, yet in recent years have not fully lived up to expectations, notes Kim Eric Bettcher, head of Policy and Program… Read more »
The return of strategic competition between states is an established geopolitical trend. But states themselves are getting more fragile, according to the 2021 Fund for Peace Fragile States Index, which… Read more »
Kyrgyzstan’s civil society has been under increasing pressure throughout the last decade, requiring a root and branch rethink of donor initiatives to take stock of the situation and devise new… Read more »
Pandemic geopolitics are intensifying investments in pro-democracy civic capacities and democracies’ societal resilience, according to a new report from the Carnegie Endowment. Developments are beginning to condition many states’ domestic… Read more »
In the wake of the Afghanistan debacle, if democracies conclude military-backed liberal intervention in pursuit of democracy cannot work, will autocracies show the same self-restraint? The Guardian’s Patrick Wintour asks:… Read more »
In formulating a response to the recent protests in Cuba, the U.S. administration should listen to activists on the ground, argues Amalia Dache, an Afro-Cuban American associate professor at the… Read more »
Readership of opposition media inside Cuba has exploded, Reuters reports, citing such outlets as Diario de Cuba, 14yMedio, ADN Cuba and CubaNet. “Since December 2018 these outlets have gained a… Read more »