Less than half (45.7%) of the global population lives in a democracy – a pronounced decline from 2020 (49.4%), according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Democracy Index. Even fewer… Read more »
This week, a major university in D.C. found itself in the position of censoring criticism of the Chinese government by removing art posters highlighting Beijing’s human rights abuses during the… Read more »
Beijing would try “like Germany in 1936” to “use the spectacle” of the upcoming Olympic Games “to win a propaganda victory for its system of strict controls,” according to philanthropist… Read more »
WATCH: 365 days under the Myanmar coup The military junta continues to commit crimes against humanity with impunity. But the Myanmar people’s fight for democracy never stops. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/mgz81HE2fM —… Read more »
President Biden’s democracy promotion agenda includes an anti-corruption strategy with provisions for establishing a kleptocracy asset recovery rewards program to identify illicit funds held in US banks, notes Elizabeth… Read more »
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s entire attitude towards the democratic world changed following the Orange Revolution, says Taras Kuzio, a Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society in London and author… Read more »
In the heyday of communism, Russia and China supported revolutionary forces around the world. But today Moscow and Beijing have embraced the rhetoric of counter-revolution, writes FT analyst Gideon Rachman:… Read more »
Can Russia’s aggression be explained by Kremlin fears that a prosperous Ukraine could become a model for Russia’s opposition? While the West’s strategy has shifted the initial calculus for Russia… Read more »
Chinese authorities have detained two prominent human-rights activists, quietly intensifying a crackdown on dissent weeks before Beijing hosts the most politicized Winter Olympics in recent memory, The Wall Street Journal… Read more »
Pathetic throwback that he is, Vladimir Putin is rebuilding the Soviet Union under the nose of a feckless and distracted West, argues analyst Walter Russell Mead. Because Russia hasn’t… Read more »