Olivia Beavers,Cristina Marcos and Morgan Chalfant have an article in The Hill that looks at five takeaways from the Trump whistleblower hearing.
Worldwide articles on Democracy Chronicles
View news about the struggle for better democracy on a worldwide level including everything from the United Nations to international charities. Also see our World Democracy section!
Whistleblower complaint: Trump sought Ukraine’s help in 2020
A whistleblower complaint released by the House Intelligence Committee alleges that President Trump sought to enlist Ukraine’s help in the 2020 election.
Why the world needs the West: Democratic resilience & renewal
The main error of liberal internationalism is, it advocates have mistaken aspiration for reality and so doing have gotten a chunk of causality backwards.
Egypt’s anti-corruption protests add to regional insecurity
Chaotic protests across Egypt this weekend prompted by junta corruption videos underscore the population’s weariness with economic hardship.
Podcast: China’s threat to democracies around the world
Larry Diamond joins the Democracy Works podcast this week to talk about the threat China’s model of authoritarian capitalism poses to liberal democracy in the United States and around the world.
Fearless World Order Under Dictatorship
In the past several years, the world has been shaken by protests caused by the various countries’ ruling-elites and their selfishness. Of course, that isn’t anything new.
Corruption undermines democratic institutions: the Slovak case
Corruption undermines democratic institutions, slows economic development and contributes to governmental instability Mirella warns UN.
It Will Take More Than Socialism and Democracy to Save the World
Imagine having democratic and ecological socialism on an international level based on a system and culture of democratic world law. It would be a revolution of love, a love revolution, a spiritual revolution, and we can have it. We can create it.
Pro-democracy protests prove eastern Europe clichés wrong
The EIU finds that since 2006 democracy has deteriorated in central and eastern Europe more there than in any other part of the world.
The English Psycho and Brexit: A Psychological Profile
It is a psychological fact that in chaotic times people frequently allow narcissists and psychopaths to rise to the top of organizations, often faster than they do normally. Clinically, Trump and Boris Johnson tick nearly all the boxes.