A recent development is the smart character of new despotisms. A new perspective argues that it would be a mistake to underestimate their resilience.
Democracy News Headlines
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Time to confront China’s global influence: Post-COVID prospects for Beijing’s sharp power
PM Morrison did not overtly name China when discussing the Friday morning cyberattack on Australia Friday but said there was a state actor involved.
Britain Battles over History
Worldwide “Black Lives Matter” protests following police murder of George Floyd in the US has seen statues of historical figures accused of racism, slavery attacked by British protestors.
Civil society sources of Ukraine’s resilience
Ukraine is geopolitically sandwiched between European democracy and Russian kleptocracy. Its civil society remains its best chance to fight-off the latter.
COVID-19 ‘reveals fragility of our democratic values’?
An interesting new perspective questions if the value trade-offs in democracies’ use of autocratic measures to curb coronavirus are temporary experiments or lasting policies.
Russia: Health Workers Face Retaliation for Speaking Out
Russian health workers are facing threats from employers and police for speaking out against poor working conditions during coronavirus, HRW report.
Erdogan ‘tightening the vice’ on what’s left of Turkey’s pluralism
Over the years, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been strangling democracy, “‘tightening the vice’ on what’s left of Turkey’s pluralism”.
Putin enriches political science, impoverishes democracy
Key expert, Kara-Murza argues Putin’s regime runs a “pretend party system” while real political groups and leaders are denied access to the political space.
Burundi’s Government: President Nkurunziza Dead at Age 56
Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza has died. Suspected of dying from COVID-19, official government statement says he died of heart attack.
China steps up foreign interference through CCP’s United Fronts
Foreign influence depicts China foreign policy contrary to its claims of non-interference and it is stepping it up through the CCP’s United Fronts.