How Can the West Combat the Global Democratic Recession?
Earlier this month, Freedom House released its annual “Nations in Transit” (NIT) report, which painted a disheartening picture...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
How Can the West Combat the Global Democratic Recession?
A nation must think before it acts.
Tag Archive: Democracy
Philadelphia’s Message to the World
This blog is based on a talk to 3,000 high school students at the Ivy League Model UN Conference...
Azerbaijan Closes Its Doors: This Time To Amnesty International
FPRI scholars and contributors have frequently used the case of Azerbaijan to support the argument that in today’s world...
Freedom House Reports Alarming Authoritarian Pushback in Eurasia’s Nations in Transit
On June 23rd Freedom House—an independent democracy and human rights watchdog organization—released its annual Nations in Transit report. Nations...
Iran Before and After 1979: How Did We Get Here from There?
Thirty-six years ago on February 11, 1979, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s monarchy came to an end and with it the...
In China: “A Peaceful Democratic Transition?”
Nothing appears by accident in the Global Times, Beijing’s mass-circulation tabloid owned by the People’s Daily and run by...
Wanting It Both Ways, Principled and Practical: U.S. Policy toward Thailand
The increased strain between the United States and Thailand, longtime allies in Southeast Asia, was evident during their 34th...
Hunger for Power in Hungary? The Alarming Nature of Viktor Orban’s New “Manifesto”
The recent rise of authoritarianism in Eurasia and elsewhere seems to be encouraging further destabilization of other fragile democracies....
Ukraine and the Future of the Western Democratization Agenda
By Adrian A Basora, Maia Otarashvili and Hannah Lidicker Ukraine currently dominates the headlines, with most of the attention...