Why Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests matter
The #EndSARS protests that have erupted across Nigeria may become the most important democratic breakthrough since the end of military rule in 1999 and the peaceful transfer of power after… Read more »
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‘Promote and Build’: A strategy for digital authoritarianism
Digital authoritarianism presents four overlapping challenges, according to Erol Yayboke, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development, and Samuel Brannen, Senior Fellow in the CSIS International Security… Read more »
Will deal help or hinder Sudan’s ‘make-or-break transition’?
The removal of Sudan from a list of state sponsors of terrorism will release essential investment but some analysts believe the deal could jeopardize its fragile democratic transition. The State… Read more »
Counter China with three Ds – Domestic, Deterrence and Democracy
The foreign policy pillars of a new U.S. administration would likely be driven by three Ds: Domestic, Deterrence and Democracy, argues Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of the New America think-tank and former… Read more »
Values matter: Geopolitical shifts undermining democracy warrant strategic response
Values are gaining increased prominence in foreign policy, driven not least by the China challenge (see above), says a new analysis from Chatham House, the London-based foreign policy think tank…. Read more »
Kyrgyzstan: Nationalist firebrand takes ‘all power’
After more than a week in hiding following a disputed election, the president of Kyrgyzstan — Central Asia’s only democracy — on Thursday announced his plans to resign, saying he… Read more »
Backsliding puts democracy in peril?
Democracies are backsliding amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent reports. The idea of democratic backsliding illuminates a process that’s at work in democracies today: the erosion of formal institutions,… Read more »
Time to unite T-12 of techno-democracies vs. digital authoritarianism
China has adopted a proactive and strategic approach to embrace the age of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of a digital technology package that the regime has actively employed not… Read more »
Africa policy ‘needs a reset’: What do Africans think?
In the runup to Guinea’s elections on Oct. 18, voters are grappling with a familiar-sounding problem: disinformation and a lack of transparency over who’s providing the news they’re getting, Bloomberg… Read more »
Largest Arab opinion poll finds ‘huge appetite’ for democracy
A significant majority of Arab citizens favor a democratic political system, with 76% in favor and only 17% opposed, according to the largest opinion poll of its kind released by… Read more »