Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
This year’s Jan. 8 attack on Brazilian democracy drew quick comparisons to the storming of the U.S. Capitol almost exactly two years prior.
There is a growing perception that the liberal world order is coming to an end. While the current multilateral system may be weakened by the return of geopolitics, economic interdependence and transnational ties will prevent a complete lapse into anarchy.
While voters across South Asia were once optimistic about the future of democracy, recent political setbacks in the region have dampened these hopes. However, most accounts of democratic backsliding focus on the strategies and tactics of regime incumbents, leaving little room for close study of opposition forces.
Join us as Carnegie’s Matt Duss welcomes Agathe Demarais to talk about this important new book, the strategies states and firms use to evade sanctions, and how sanctions can even push states at odds with the United States closer together—or, increasingly, to Russia and China.
Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace senior fellow, joins Morning Joe to discuss how resistance to Iran’s mandatory hijab law has spread across the country.
There are many reasons why private right of action is a strange and counterproductive way of running a government. It is not clear that the societal costs of private enforcement are overall less than state enforcement.
Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain have generally been more cautious about prioritizing democracy support policies over other issues such as migration. Their geographical location may help to explain the difference in their strategic interests compared to other EU countries.
When former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter founded the nonprofit Carter Center in 1982, one of their goals was to help Latin American countries – many of which were emerging from decades of military dictatorship – transition to democracies.
Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation as Scotland’s first minister could affect the next election in the UK. If the SNP starts to lose support as a result of her departure, Labour may gain an advantage in the general election.
Today, artificial intelligence is being used by law enforcement for facial recognition and even predictive policing. It can help solve and prevent crimes, but it’s not foolproof. That’s resulted in wrongful arrests and continued racial profiling in policing.