‘No task more urgent’: Reviving democratic momentum
“No task seems more urgent than the protection of democracy at home and abroad,” for President Joe Biden, notes James Traub, a nonresident fellow at New York University’s Center on… Read more »
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‘Extreme Competition with China’ demands democratic cooperation
The new strategic competition requires “rebuilding traditions of democratic cooperation across party lines in recognition that the United States will not be able to meet the China challenge if U.S. political… Read more »
New strategy aims to dismantle kleptocrats’ playbook
The Biden administration on Monday unveiled steps to combat corruption globally, including assistance to foreign governments to increase financial transparency and new regulations on U.S. real-estate purchases to prevent money… Read more »
Can Russian threat revive Ukraine’s stalled reform efforts?
The current stand-off in Ukraine could yet result in military conflict between Russia and the West, analyst Kadri Liik tells the FT’s Gideon Rachman. “I do not exclude it because… Read more »
Ukraine: Solidarity the best response to Russia’s threats
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today warned that there’s “evidence” Russia is moving to “destabilize Ukraine from within,” according to reports. “We’ve seen this playbook before — in 2014… Read more »
‘President’ highlights Zimbabwe’s informational activism
The acclaimed documentary film President, which premiered and won a Special Jury Prize at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, is “a riveting and epic reminder that, while individuals and ideals… Read more »
A new playbook needed to assist fragile democracies
The COVID pandemic preyed more on weaker democracies and fragile states while political systems with strong rule of law and separation of powers have proved more resilient, notes the new… Read more »
Burundi activists lambast ‘simplistic’ lifting of sanctions
Human rights activists, civil society groups and opposition figures criticized the U.S. decision to lift sanctions on Burundi. The US ended visa restrictions imposed on eleven individuals complicit in human… Read more »
Sudan’s transition in the balance
Sudan’s military has announced a deal to reinstate Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister, just under a month after dissolving his government in a coup, Reuters reports. The military leadership on Sunday released… Read more »
Backsliding democracies can ‘revitalize’ amid authoritarian resurgence, says report
The number of countries moving in the direction of authoritarianism is three times the number moving toward democracy, according to a new analysis. launched today (above). Authoritarianism is resurgent as autocratic… Read more »