Public attitudes toward international politics are polarizing into two opposing blocs, a process accelerated by the war in Ukraine, according to a new report. University of Cambridge researchers “harmonized” data… Read more »
Autocratic regimes like China and Russia exhibit weaknesses of two sorts, says Stanford’s Francis Fukuyama: First, the concentration of power in the hands of a single leader at the top… Read more »
Global internet freedom fell for the 12th straight year, led by Russia as well as by worsening conditions in Myanmar, Sudan and Libya, says a new report from Freedom House…. Read more »
A one-person protest in Beijing (above) has called for elections, an end to the country’s strict “zero covid” policy and the removal of “dictator” Xi Jinping, in a rare display… Read more »
Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is also aimed at liberal democracy and the West’s way of life, according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “They consider their war against… Read more »
We cannot allow Ukraine to fail financially through no fault of its own, says Anders Åslund, a senior fellow at the Stockholm Free World Forum, and the author of Russia’s… Read more »
UN experts today reiterated calls for the release of Ales Bialiatski after the Nobel Committee’s decision to symbolically award him the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for his fearless work promoting… Read more »
Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, amid a war in their region that… Read more »
How can media sector advocates can advance a vision of progressive reform during democratic transitions and how can the international community best support them? The latest report from the Center… Read more »
President Biden has gone farther, faster in supporting protests in Iran than Barack Obama did in 2009 and promises even more to help demonstrators and punish the regime, the Washington Post… Read more »