Budapest’s response to coronavirus… has been to suspend parliament and give [Premier] Viktor Orbán open-ended powers to rule by decree, Democracy Digest.
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China’s ‘garbage propaganda’ on Covid-19 giving it strategic advantage?
A U.S. senator…accused China of “garbage propaganda” about the coronavirus…[EU] says claims… it is “disintegrating [due to the pandemic] are trending.
Pro-democracy actors’ powerful message at a time of moral crisis
The Chair of the EED says pro-democracy protests in countries like Algeria, Lebanon are a powerful message to Europe in a time of moral crisis.
Hungary Weaponizes Coronavirus to Stoke Xenophobia
The coronavirus pandemic has been a rare moment of global solidarity. However, Hungary has somehow used it to stoke xenophobia
Britain has officially left the EU: what are the implications?
A cause for celebration for some, a sobering moment for others. The UK formally ended its EU membership at the stroke of midnight on Friday.
Ukraine: between Russian authoritarianism and western democracy
Ukraine has voted for change and is now led by people who are committed to making their country a modern democracy committed to liberty and the rule.
Belgium’s experiment in permanent forms of deliberative democracy
The parliament of the Region of Brussels in Belgium amended its internal regulations to allow the formation of ‘deliberative committees’.
Ukraine poised for a strong 2020: Is Zelensky succeeding?
Despite the fact that he took office as an utter political neophyte Volodymyr Zelensky’s government so far has been a success.
Setback for autocrats use of sharp power to subvert the West
Latest World Politics Review details how Russia and China are sowing division and gaining influence in Czech politics using “sharp power”.
China’s corrosive capitalism clashes with western democratic meritocracy
As China expands its role on the international stage, its form of capitalism is invariably [clashes] with the liberal meritocratic capitalism of the West.