“Liberal democracy has responded to the populist mobilization with a democratic counter-mobilization – also and especially in the political center,” says @BertelsmannSt https://t.co/AwjM9BJ91r — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 3, 2020… Read more »
Democracies have long claimed to have several advantages over authoritarian regimes – such as sound governance and effectiveness in wartime – based on the open marketplace of ideas and freedom… Read more »
The Kremlin’s “ecosystem” approach is well-suited to reinforcing Russia’s general aims of questioning the value of democratic institutions, and of weakening the international credibility and international cohesion of the United… Read more »
🇿🇼 #COVID19 should not be used to clamp down on fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression & right to peaceful assembly. We remind #Zimbabwe that any lockdown measures &… Read more »
Using Taiwan’s most recent elections as an example to elucidate the nature of Chinese propaganda and disinformation, a new report identifies China’s motives, tactics, and actors in its foreign information… Read more »
CSIS, in partnership with @NEDemocracy and @SunnylandsNews, outlined 10 points to advance democratic governance in the Indo-Pacific. Read the statement of principles here: https://t.co/Ws4mo8F81H — CSIS (@CSIS) July 14,… Read more »
Lessons from the Polish Opposition by Jacek Rostowski @ProSyn https://t.co/gqWHgarDUK — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 13, 2020 Although Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski did not come out on top… Read more »
Two pandemics are sweeping the planet, and so far nobody has found a cure for either. There’s Covid-19 and there’s a global democracy blight causing political life in many… Read more »
While the coronavirus pandemic is many stresses that afflict democracy in Europe, it is also propelling democratic efforts in a number of areas, notes Richard Youngs, a senior fellow in the… Read more »
High-profile journalist Maria Ressa has been found guilty of libel in the Philippines’ in a case seen as a test of the country’s media freedom, the BBC reports. The former… Read more »