Democratic innovation can shape COVID-19 recovery
In Latin America, as in other parts of the world with weak institutions, the coronavirus is threatening democracy. The United States should stand up for the rule of law in… Read more »
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Chinese constitutional scholar detained for proposing democratic transition
Outspoken Chinese constitutional scholar Zhang Xuezhong (above) was detained overnight after he publicized a letter to the regime’s rubber-stamp legislature that criticized the one-party political system and proposed a transition… Read more »
Democratic resilience: explaining stability and fragility
Democracies are better equipped to cope with crises like the current Covid-19 pandemic and at less risk of institutional breakdown than many commentators believe, new research suggests. Comparisons of the… Read more »
‘Dropping the Democratic Facade’: Nations in Transit 2020
In its latest report, Nations in Transit 2020: Dropping the Democratic Facade, Freedom House warns of a “stunning democratic breakdown” across Central Europe, the Balkans, and Eurasia as many leaders… Read more »
Post-Covid world ‘already here’? Illiberal plague tests democratic resilience
In human history, national emergencies, whether caused by war, invasion, financial crisis, or an epidemic, have often been the occasions for major political reform. It takes a huge external shock… Read more »
What factors foster – and obstruct – democracy’s development & consolidation?
Conditions of Democracy is the first course from Stanford”s Larry Diamond, co-editor of the NED’s Journal of Democracy, in a two-part series intended as a broad survey of the political,… Read more »
Democratic consolidation an ‘obsolete’ assumption in new strategic context
After 70 years of being largely hand in hand in promoting democracy and capitalism around the world, the United States and Europe are now at odds over trade, climate change,… Read more »
Accountability, democracy, good governance imperative for Africa’s development
For Africa to accomplish the ambitious but laudable Sustainable Development Goals, strong institutions and good governance must be in place to ensure inclusion, democracy, and security, according to Brookings’ Foresight Africa…. Read more »
Georgia’s status as post-Soviet democratic leader challenged
Georgia’s status as a post-Soviet democratic leader is under challenge, according to analysts Denis Corboy, William Courtney, Kenneth Yalowitz. A flawed presidential election, use of force against protesters, and political manipulations… Read more »
Central and Southern Africa: Civil Society’s Role in Democratic Governance
As a leader on a policy reform project I worked on in Africa a few years back, I learned many things, writes Adeola Akinremi, Director of Strategic Communications at Policy… Read more »