RT, Sputnik and Russia’s New Theory of War
The Kremlin has developed one of the most powerful information weapons of the 21st century — and it may be impossible to stop, notes Jim Rutenberg, The New York… Read more »
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Observers under fire for ‘rubber stamping’ Kenya vote
Accused of glossing over flaws in Kenya’s election which later caused the result to be overturned, international observers are under a harsh spotlight ahead of a re-run in October, AFP… Read more »
How to stall the global democracy retreat
Even under the basic principles of transactional realism, it is not in America’s interests to abandon a commitment to advancing democracy, argues Pippa Norris, a lecturer in comparative politics at… Read more »
Hun Sen jettisons last shreds of Cambodia’s democracy
Hun Sen, Cambodia’s prime minister, has vowed to spend another decade in office, a day after his main opponent was charged with treason amid an escalating crackdown on dissent, The… Read more »
UN: China blocks civil society activists, harasses experts
Human Rights Watch says in a new report Tuesday that China has tried to intimidate, blacklist and squelch the voices of rights advocates who operate within the U.N. system,… Read more »
Community of Democracies alive and kicking?
The Ninth Community of Democracies (CD) Governing Council Ministerial will convene on September 15 in Washington, DC, the U.S. Department of State has confirmed: This ministerial represents the culmination of… Read more »
Options for advancing democracy in a new international order
We may be facing the end of the West, with dictators and demagogues intent on destroying the international system, according to Harvard University’s Yascha Mounk. The Russian political class has… Read more »
Solidarity founder Walesa fears for Poland – and Europe’s ‘flawed’ democracies
Almost four decades have passed since Lech Walesa faced down the communist regime at the Gdansk shipyard, and he says his fears of a backlash are now a reality in the… Read more »
Civil society manifesto pressing for DRC transition
The UN said on Tuesday that soldiers “forced entry” into its base in the volatile Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo aiming to arrest a journalist critical… Read more »
How illiberals, uncivil society transition from protest to power
Civil society activists have often struggled to make the transition from protest to politics, to effect a shift from social movement to party in power. Illiberal and authoritarian movements –… Read more »