In battle of narratives, history is ‘dictator’s plaything’
A new official summation of Communist Party history is likely to exalt Xi Jinping as a peer of Mao and Deng, fortifying his claim to a new phase in power…. Read more »
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Existential threat: Why Russia instrumentalizes conflict
Civil society groups in Central and Eastern Europe are wary of an imbalance between economic recovery and democratic development in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a position paper, the… Read more »
Maia Sandu ending the ‘rule of thieves’ in Moldova
The election of Maia Sandu as President of Moldova in 2020 and the victory for the party she founded at this year’s Moldovan parliamentary election provide a window of opportunity… Read more »
Time to disarm political weapon of internet shutdowns
The imposition of an internet shutdowns was among the first acts of Sudan’s military as it seized power in last week’s coup, Access Now reports. UN Special Rapporteur Clement Voule… Read more »
‘It’s us or them’: Why Sudan’s generals sacrificed transition
The military coup in Sudan came as a shock to many observers even though civilian-military tensions had recently spiked. But Western states should have done more to aid the country’s… Read more »
Military coup ‘jolts’ or halts Sudan’s fragile transition?
🇸🇩 Sudan halkı darbeye karşı sokaklarda pic.twitter.com/nZ0hYvBg3A — Ismail (@IIsmmaiil_) October 25, 2021 Tens of thousands of civilians took to the streets of Sudan today (above), mobilizing against a military… Read more »
Can Latin American democracies survive fake news?
A photoshopped image depicting Pope Francis smoking marijuana with former Bolivian President Evo Morales, thus “proving” the Argentine pontiff is a decadent socialist at heart, was the most ridiculous recent… Read more »
Open economies & open societies: Falling behind expectations
Open economies and open societies have delivered tremendous human progress, yet in recent years have not fully lived up to expectations, notes Kim Eric Bettcher, head of Policy and Program… Read more »
The new geopolitics of fragility: Building back democratically?
The return of strategic competition between states is an established geopolitical trend. But states themselves are getting more fragile, according to the 2021 Fund for Peace Fragile States Index, which… Read more »
Tin-pot dynasty: Turkmenistan’s horse-loving dictator grooming his heir
Tin-pot dynasty – Turkmenistan’s horse-loving dictator is grooming his son https://t.co/qtMGuKuT9J — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 14, 2021 Though Turkmenistan’s government propagandists try their best to present the country as… Read more »