CSIS, in partnership with @NEDemocracy and @SunnylandsNews, outlined 10 points to advance democratic governance in the Indo-Pacific. Read the statement of principles here: https://t.co/Ws4mo8F81H — CSIS (@CSIS) July 14,… Read more »
If the past century has shown us anything, it is that dangerous ideologies backed by powerful states rarely confine their malign conduct within their own borders, argues national security adviser… Read more »
Still standing: How Vladimir Putin maintains his support https://t.co/k5b4burBOO — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 10, 2020 As Russians cast ballots in a tightly managed vote on constitutional changes that… Read more »
The U.S. Department of Energy has determined that Cuba and Venezuela are “foreign adversaries” that might target the U.S. electrical grid, The Miami Herald reports: The executive order aims… Read more »
China is attempting to re-brand its Confucius Institutes following a worldwide backlash against the centers, analyst Zachary Evans writes for National Review: Confucius Institutes, which are present on dozens of U.S…. Read more »
Given current illiberal threats to democracy “it is easy to conjecture a Weimar Republic landscape breeding national populist types. Perhaps too easy,” analysts Levy Yeyati and Andres Malamud recently wrote… Read more »
Sudan is on a fragile path to democracy after a popular uprising led the military to overthrow former autocratic president Omar al-Bashir in April last year, The Post reports. The… Read more »
While a recent global initiative cautioned that autocrats are exploiting the pandemic to erode democratic values and institutions, COVID-19 may yet allow the “re-imagining and strengthening of democracy” through innovative… Read more »
Disinformation sows doubt and confusion in democratic systems, notes Moira Whelan, the National Democratic Institute’s Director of Technology and Democracy. That’s why NDI supports partners’ efforts to create tools to… Read more »
Global political and civil society leaders congratulated Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (above) as he turned 85 on July 6. The National Endowment for Democracy’s President Carl Gershman addressed a… Read more »