Populist gains in Swedish elections explained
The rise of the populist Sweden Democrats, confirmed by Sunday’s election results, is a reminder that people long for security in a time of change, says Pasi Kuoppamäki, the chief… Read more »
Tag: Freedom House
Get ready for the ‘World Cup of information warfare’
After three years in the trenches of Facebook’s war against disinformation, Alex Stamos brings bad news from the front: US elections are at risk of becoming the “World Cup of… Read more »
Algeria’s Mouwatana: ‘opportunity for building energetic dissent’?
Algerian police recently arrested a number of political and human rights activists and journalists who protested in central Algiers against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for re-election for a fifth term,… Read more »
Populists and authoritarians are ‘taking over the global economy’
Populists and authoritarians now manage the largest bloc of the G-20 economies, according to a new analysis. When you add up the nominal output of the G-20 states plus… Read more »
Orban’s Hungary offers a ‘glimpse of Europe’s demise’?
At a bucolic border post, Western-trained Hungarian counterintelligence agents recently got word that a known operative of Russia’s foreign spy service was driving into Hungary, and asked headquarters for permission… Read more »
Putin’s conservative rhetoric fueling ‘demoskepticism’?
Does conservative support for such illiberal rulers as Poland’s Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán indicate growing “demoskepticism” on the right? Some conservatives now dismiss policies that are infused with… Read more »
Can Ethiopia be a ‘goad’ for democratic change in East Africa?
Ethiopia can be a goad to change, if its economic growth rate and its continuing democratic movement are both maintained, says Freedom House analyst Jon Temin. The April 2018 election… Read more »
Combating Disinformation: The Case for Stepping Up the Fight Online
Social media firms should establish “specialized Russian-focused teams” staffed with experts in Russian language, culture, and internet practices, according to a new report. “Combating Russian Disinformation: The Case for… Read more »
Democratic backsliding: slippery slope of hostility toward media
On an unprecedented scale, authoritarian regimes are employing “sharp power” tactics to manipulate the very institutions that serve as the foundation of democracy, such as free media, says Christopher Walker,… Read more »
Americans losing confidence in democracy – but endorse its promotion
A clear majority of Americans—55 percent—view the country’s democracy as “weak,” and 68 percent say it is “getting weaker,” according to the sobering results of a major bipartisan poll published Tuesday. A… Read more »