How to curb Russian influence in Africa
Autocratic powers like China and Russia are rushing to fill the vacuum left in the wake of the global retreat of the United States and other Western democracies, reports suggest…. Read more »
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The protests in Lebanon and Iraq are really about…..
In both Iraq and Lebanon’s unfolding protests, people’s demands for accountable governance, economic relief and an end to corruption stand at odds with identity-based sectarian solidarity, argues Bassel F. Salloukh,… Read more »
The payback playbook: A strategic plan to fight democratic backsliding
Democracy is facing major challenges, yet suggestions of a global crisis of widespread or systemic backsliding are not warranted, according to data from the largest democracy database ever compiled. The… Read more »
Budding social activism, legitimacy crises feed Central Asia’s dramatic transformation
Central Asia is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Its governments face legitimacy crises at a time when long-standing leaders are being replaced by little-known, untested ones. Social contracts, by which citizens… Read more »
Support for democracy on the slide in the Americas
Support for democracy is on the slide in the Americas, with barely more than half of citizens endorsing democratic governance for the second survey in a row, according to… Read more »
Bending the knee to Beijing’s ‘proxy power’. Can democratic values survive in a Chinese world?
If you want to understand what’s happening in the National Basketball Association, turn off SportsCenter and pick up “The Art of War,” argues Ben Sasse, a Republican, who represents Nebraska… Read more »
Iraq’s ‘wobbly democracy faces most dangerous moment yet’
The streets of Baghdad were silent Tuesday after a week of peaceful protests — against corruption, unemployment and lack of basic services — turned deadly. More than 100 people were… Read more »
Great power competition in MENA follows ‘ineffectual’ democracy promotion?
Over the last few years, a crisis of legitimacy has beset the liberal international order. In the context of global reassessment, the configuration of regional orders has come into question,… Read more »
Syria’s civil society faces ‘a disaster in the making’?
The United States has begun withdrawing troops from northern Syria in advance of an expected Turkish military offensive against Kurdish forces in the area, the Washington Post reports. The move… Read more »
1989: A reminder of democracy’s fragility and resilience
Three decades ago this fall, a political earthquake rocked the barrier that had divided Europe and the city of Berlin for nearly five decades. The so-called Autumn of Nations saw… Read more »