Future of Chinese Democracy: If China is going to avoid the political icebergs that are ahead, its leadership must steer a clear path towards democracy. The Chinese people are as capable of governing themselves as anyone else.
Articles by DC Authors
DC Authors articles from Democracy Chronicles writers across the globe are colleced here. And take a look at DC's Author Central page for more information about the writers and even inquire about getting involved yourself. Together, they help cover free and fair elections on every continent with a focus on American democracy.
Europe and the Declaration of Independence
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (for Europeans): A democratic government can be formed of the Europeans, by the Europeans and for the Europeans – and the world would be a much better place as a result.
Obama Needs to Support the Invisible People of Bahrain
Can the Arab Spring Enter the Persian Gulf? Invisible people of Bahrain have been met with a weak American foreign policy not supportive of the rights of Arab people to govern themselves
A Really Democratic Foreign Policy
Really Democratic Foreign Policy: When Immanuel Kant and Thomas Paine wrote of democracy in the days of the American Revolution, they did so based on a belief that democratic countries would avoid war with each other. Let it be so.
On Voter ID Laws…
Mistake the Democrats make is placing their focus on voter ID laws that require voters to present identification instead of on broader voter registration
On Biopolitics…
Biopolitics and how genetics exert their influence on social and political attitudes
A (Not So) Surprising Consensus
SuperPACs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on behalf of candidates they support; a Surprising Consensus. Of those Super PACs should be illegal
When are Politics not About Morality?
Founder Sean Stevens writes about morality: “An individual who adopts egalitarian lens more likely to be concerned about economic inequality”
Why We Should Help People Shop Democratically
To help end the reigns of the last dictatorships, it is important that people are given the chance to know where they can find places to shop democratically
Why China’s Political Model is Worse than Democracy
The government-selected managers of China’s massive state-subsidized industries, including finance, are caricatures of the only villain in Marx’s ideology, the ruthless power-corrupt upper class.