Giving greater attention to instances of democracy’s forward momentum makes sense, say the Carnegie Endowment’s Thomas Carothers and Benjamin Feldman. As the recently released annual assessments by Freedom House and… Read more »
In spite of sanctions, international isolation and protests, Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian regime in Venezuela has managed to stay in power and make diplomatic gains, notes analyst Will Freeman. Maduro has… Read more »
Chinese paramilitary units with experience in dishing out the brutal repression of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang may be deployed to Taiwan once the island nation is conquered, a leading China… Read more »
South Asian democracies enter the 2023-2024 electoral years in a precarious state, as the rise of illiberal regimes, corrupted electoral processes, and more has led to democratic backsliding, the International… Read more »
“We’ve seen this film before and it doesn’t end well” was the slogan on one placard as protesters in Georgia held more demonstrations over a ‘Kremlin-inspired’ law requiring externally-funded NGOs… Read more »
Taxpayer money is being used to ‘smuggle Chinese ideology’ into Australia via community language schools, reports suggest. Students are using textbooks from the CCP’s United Front which say the South… Read more »
The U.S. has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on five Russian officials and an expert witness involved in the incarceration of opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has been imprisoned in… Read more »
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former adviser and Soviet-era dissident Gleb Pavlovsky (above) died on Monday at the age of 71 after a prolonged illness, Reuters reports. An influential figure in… Read more »
A new anti-government protest in Moldova’s capital Tuesday stirred fears of more unrest after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to demand that the country’s new pro-Western government fully… Read more »
Nigeria’s main opposition parties are calling for fresh elections, describing results currently being announced by electoral body as “heavily doctored and manipulated,” in a joint press conference in the capital,… Read more »