Democracy Support and the European Parliament
The Parliament has been creative in developing instruments to send its message and pays attention to the rise of challengers and to the drivers of autocratization.
How Racial Injustice Undermines Democracy Promotion
Authoritarian condemnations of American racial injustice are insincerely designed to target US domestic failings and arrest democracy promotion overseas.
The 2024 Elections, Disinformation, Cyberattacks and the Possibility of Insurgency in the US
Russia, China, and Iran believe the American house is burning, and evidence suggest they might loot it as it burns.
Thinking Global Podcast – Fawaz Gerges
Fawaz Gerges talks about Middle Eastern politics, political Islam, Pan-Arabism, Western colonialism, the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, and how peace may transpire.
The Changing Geopolitical Context of US Support for Human Rights and Democracy Promotion
At a time when neither Russia nor China is advancing human rights and democratization, America’s doing so could prove to be a highly strategic move.
Thinking Global Podcast – Nitasha Kaul
Nitasha Kaul talks about Indian democracy, technology, surveillance, and the status of human rights in Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir.
Interview – Anton Jäger
Anton Jäger talks about the factors influencing populism today, the development of techno-populism, and the current feasibility of basic income.
Review – Watermelon Democracy
This book explores the overpromised and underdelivered nature of democracy in Egypt, and questions the contribution of various factors.
Interview – Cas Mudde
Cas Mudde explores the rise of the far right and its impacts in different parts of the world, and elucidates the political importance of the Israeli settler movement.
Post-Truth and Post- Democracy: The Dark Side of the Democratic Planet
Post-truth tends to be a dissimulation of lies and the relations between truth and post-truth are not ambiguous.
