According to U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Coons, a bipartisan policy must take shape for the United States to “out-compete” China.
Worldwide articles on Democracy Chronicles
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How people power builds democratic resilience
A new perspective looks at the role of people activism in shaping democracy. It argues that it plays a key role in building democratic resilience.
Jerry Rawlings, one of Africa’s greatest democrats dies
Jerry John Rawlings, Ghana’s longest serving President died Thursday at 73. He will be remembered as one of Africa’s greatest democrat and pan-africanist.
Sorry Woke-Rouge: We’re *Not* That Racist in America
Let’s have a chat….and take a trip. We’ll see about this current idea that Anglosphere democracies,… are “the most racist societies on earth”
Strengthen checks and balances to renew democracy
To renew democracy, democracies, old and new have to strengthen checks and balances. It is one of the pillars of democracy and crucial to its survival.
Why doesn’t people power work like it used to?
“People power, which democratized countries from South Korea and Poland in the 1980s to Georgia and Ukraine in the 2000s and Tunisia in 2010, has been on a losing streak”, perspective.
China’s soft power headed for a hard landing?
Views of China have grown more negative in recent years across many advanced economies, and unfavorable opinion has soared over the past year, survey shows.
From democratic regression to ‘third reverse wave’
The first and second waves of democracy reversed. Thought to be a more permanent wave, the third wave seems to be regressing too – a third reverse wave.
Your Passport Is A Beer Coaster Now
Americans and other citizens of rich democracies have long taken our travel advantages as rights for granted. The pandemic changes this perspective.
Is religion an antidote to populism or does it facilitate illiberal politics?
The relationship between state (meaning politics) and religion has long interested scholars. Renewed interest questions its impact of religion on populism.