The recent reversals in democratic values are a wakeup call. It is becoming more and more urgent to prevent further democratic decay and push for renewal.
Worldwide articles on Democracy Chronicles
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US Should Shun Autocrats, Re-Embrace Human Rights
The U.S. government has never been a consistent promoter of human rights — other interests were often prioritized — but when it did act, it could be powerful.
How Covid exposes authoritarian weaknesses
Authoritarian governments have used the coronavirus pandemic to widen powers. However, COVID-19 has also exposed the weaknesses of these regimes.
Why ‘incompetent nativist populists’ can survive the pandemic
Regardless of governance challenges associated with managing national disasters, nativist populists will still be able to survive the coronavirus pandemic.
Monitoring COVID-19´s impact on democracy & human rights
Covid-19 Global Monitor is hosting a live web event on July 7, 2020, to discuss the pandemic’s impact on human rights and democracy.
Don’t underestimate resilience of the smart new despotisms
A recent development is the smart character of new despotisms. A new perspective argues that it would be a mistake to underestimate their resilience.
Hypocrisy Gone Viral? Officials Set Bad COVID-19 Examples
Leaders are expected to be exemplary in their conduct yet some major world leaders have been bad models during coronavirus. A few have been exemplary.
An Atheist Perspective of Our Current Illness(es)
Understand, this is a critique of a set of values, myths and rules, not believers. It isn’t bigotry either. Objecting to a set of beliefs is all fair game.
COVID-19’s regime-type fallacy: Autocrats also feeling strain
Autocrats have transformed the coronavirus pandemic into an opportunity to further restrict freedoms. But they also feel the strain.
COVID-19’s new pretexts for consolidating autocrats’ power
Coronavirus has inspired dictatorships in the world that are not wasting any opportunity to achieve even tighter grip on basic freedoms.