A generation ago, the United States and Central Europe helped lead the West’s post-Cold War agenda of enlarging the democratic space, argues a new analysis. The peoples of Central Europe, with… Read more »
The most likely outcome for a post-Covid world order in the decade ahead will not be a unipolar order or a bipolar Cold War-style competition, but a loose multipolarity, according… Read more »
Political turmoil isn’t new in Thailand, which has been rocked by coups and periods of unrest for decades. But a new generation of Thais has taken to the streets in… Read more »
Read @apolyakova on the threat to U.S. elections posed by disinformation and conspiracy theories emanating not just from Russia but also from China, Iran, Venezuela, and beyond:https://t.co/wkta5xoHhn — Foreign Affairs… Read more »
Can parliaments learn from the past six months to become stronger and more effective institutions that impose checks and balances on executive powers to better serve the people? analysts ask… Read more »
There are three important initiatives that could play a key role in helping to contain the damage that deep-fakes inflict on democracy, according to Clint Watts, a Distinguished Research Fellow… Read more »
“There’s no doubt that democracy is in crisis, and we’ve talked about that for a long time,” says Carl Gershman, founding leader of the National Endowment for Democracy. “Larry Diamond… Read more »
COVID-19 deepened Serbia’s local media crisis. Here’s what one @NEDemocracy partner did to help. https://t.co/ddqLTKVbpS — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 11, 2020
For @NewYorker, I surveyed the world of Russian trolls, disinfo, and active measures: such threats exist, but to “exaggerate their prevalence and potency” risks providing “an overly convenient explanation… Read more »
This century’s international setbacks have led many Americans to question the most basic tenets of modern foreign policy, including the value of alliances, the promotion of democracy, the benefits of… Read more »