Bolsonaro survives, but will Brazil’s democracy?
“The odds look substantially bleaker for Brazilian democracy right now than they did 24 hours ago,” one expert said after left-wing former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took 48.4… Read more »
Search Results for: democracy support
No, social media algorithms DON’T undermine democracy
A paranoid fantasy has led many to believe that internet algorithms are undermining democracy. But research on this topic has, in fact, revealed the exact opposite, notes Dylan Selterman Ph.D…. Read more »
Democracy & rule of law – not stabilocrats – the key to Balkans stability
Democracy and rule of law — not stabilocrats — are the key for maintaining peace and stability in the Balkans, argues Maja Bjelos, a senior researcher at the Belgrade Centre… Read more »
Time for a ‘National Democracy Strategy’?
As we mark International Democracy Day……. The free world should recognize it has a substantial strategic advantage in this contest [of democracies vs. autocracies], because, fundamentally, people do not want… Read more »
Celebrating democracy’s activist defenders
To celebrate International Democracy Day 2022, the Global Democracy Coalition, currently hosted by International IDEA, will hold an event to celebrate and discuss the most effective ways to support democracy’s… Read more »
Do the seeds of democracy’s destruction lie within?
Democracy is declining or under threat all over the world, not necessarily in every country but in every region, in rich and poor countries, old and new democracies, Blake Hounshell and Max… Read more »
How the Zeitgeist can shift back in favor of democracy
Most people around the world want political freedom, and they worry about its absence or fragility. Now more than ever, the world needs the United States to support democracy—and the… Read more »
Colombia’s fragile democracy ‘deserves to be protected’
“With Petro I’d be concerned about good governance, whether he will be able to be a good manager, but I would not worry for democracy itself,” analyst Laura Gil, director of La Línea… Read more »
A new democracy ‘architecture’ for the Indo-Pacific?
A promising cross-sector initiative has the potential to create a platform for advancing democracy in the Indo-Pacific region, says a leading protagonist. At a recent forum of the Sunnylands Initiative,… Read more »
‘Sharpening the Democracy Playbook’: A way forward for Venezuela?
A group of exiled Venezuelan judges aligned with Venezuelan opposition leader and U.S. ally Juan Guaido has hired law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner to engage with U.S. officials… Read more »