Democracy is not a dying cause; in fact, it is poised for a comeback, @NDI chair @madeleine Albright writes for @ForeignAffairs… https://t.co/x1HyjRg8Z5 via @ForeignAffairs — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 19,… Read more »
The emergence of a broad democratic coalition in Russia will be “extremely difficult,” according to a prominent expert. To begin with, such a potential coalition must have the option to… Read more »
China’s economic and political footprint has expanded so quickly that many countries, even those with relatively strong state and civil society institutions like the advanced industrial democracies, have struggled to… Read more »
From the rollout of biometric surveillance tools to advances in machine learning to new social media regulations, recent developments in technology and its governance are presenting new opportunities for authoritarian… Read more »
For more than a decade and a half, autocratic regimes have made a concerted effort to hollow out from within critical institutions safeguarding fundamental freedoms, notes Christopher Walker (@Walker_CT), the vice president… Read more »
While reinforcing transnational cooperation between democratic allies, serious challenges confront the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) of 12 EU member states — all located in the east of Europe in between… Read more »
Held up by Western supporters and Arab sympathizers alike as proof that democracy could bloom in the Middle East, Tunisia now looks to many like a final confirmation of the… Read more »
Combatting the authoritarian surge will require the world’s democracies to act as a community of action to uphold a free and open order, argues Daniel Twining, the president of the… Read more »
Democracy and human rights advocates are mourning the passing of Jose Luis Martin “Chito” Gascon, chairman of the Philippines’ Commission on Human Rights, who succumbed to COVID-19 at the age of… Read more »
How little Lithuania dragged the EU into its showdown with China https://t.co/cQ02OMyY9P — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 7, 2021 China’s aggressive campaign against the Baltic state of Lithuania is a… Read more »