Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Financial power must be an important component of the U.S.’s Russia containment strategy, not an afterthought.
Last year, in a move that garnered domestic and international attention, pro-democracy groups Freedom House and the V-Dem Institute downgraded India's democratic credentials on account of perceived backsliding. These twin moves sparked a heated conversation on the rise of majoritarianism, atrophying checks and balances, and increasing curbs on dissent at the national level.
Social media has shaped previous conflicts, but this one is unique, especially for U.S. tech companies.
Democracy is under global siege. Authoritarians like Putin benefit from attention being diverted elsewhere. As President Biden embarks on his second year in office, he should not let his agenda to bolster global democracy be yet another casualty of Putin’s game.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bellicose speech yesterday, in which he announced that Russia had recognized the independence of two separatist regions of Ukraine and would deploy military forces there as “peacekeepers,” suggests that after months of military posturing and diplomacy, a full-scale invasion may well be at hand.
The upcoming Summit of the Americas, which will gather leaders from across the hemisphere in Los Angeles in early June, comes at an opportune time.
pernicious polarization is when a society divides into two camps that have mutual distress and dislike of each other
With each new crisis, coup and corresponding sanction regime, the world is increasingly being carved up into those countries that enjoy Western recognition, aid and trade, and those that do not.
Around the world, women’s meaningful participation in decision-making is essential to address longstanding gender inequities, as well as those exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A discussion on Chinese surveillance at the Beijing Olympics.