Is there such a thing as a good coup in Africa?
Although not a new phenomenon in Africa, military takeovers or coups occurred with disturbing frequency over the last year, writes Dr. Jude Mutah, an Africa program specialist at… Read more »
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Democratic renewal: Pushing back attacks on civil society
The narrative of democratic crisis and the populist surge is too one-sided. European politics is in fact in a state of push-and-pull between democratic rollback and democratic revival, argues Richard… Read more »
How ‘totalitarian’ China subverts democracy globally
The decision to invite Beijing into the world economic system in 2001 has not led to anything like the more liberal or democratic China that world leaders had envisaged, only… Read more »
Advancing democracy is ‘the cause of our time’ – in new strategic context
Defending and advancing democracy is “the cause of our time,” says Damon Wilson, President & CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Democracy has taken hits or is… Read more »
Strengthening democracy support in dominant party regimes
Dominant-party regimes present especially high-profile and thorny dilemmas for international democracy support in that they can often co-opt programs that offer support to state organs, election commissions, technical bodies,… Read more »
Guinea’s wannabe ‘Mandela’ – agent & victim of democratic backsliding
Less than a year into his controversial third term in office, Guinea’s president, Alpha Condé, was ousted last week in a military coup, note analysts Carolyn Logan, Aliou Barry and Josephine… Read more »
‘From poster child to problem child’: Georgia’s democratic crisis
Georgia’s long-accumulated achievements in building something approaching a democratic state are in danger of suffering death by a thousand cuts, says Thomas de Waal, a senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, specializing… Read more »
2021 Strategic Foresight: Resilience, adaptability key to democracies’ future
The long-term performance of democracies hinges on their adaptability in the face of new realities and resilience to internal and external challenges, according to a new report. The European Commission’s… Read more »
China and Big Tech – digital Leninism or techno-authoritarianism
By controlling a huge volume of data, Beijing is conducting a grand experiment in 21st century authoritarian governance, FT analysts James Kynge and Sun Yu write in the FT Big-Read… Read more »
‘Afghanistan Aftershocks’: Do democracies lack strategic patience?
In the wake of the Afghanistan debacle, if democracies conclude military-backed liberal intervention in pursuit of democracy cannot work, will autocracies show the same self-restraint? The Guardian’s Patrick Wintour asks:… Read more »