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February 10, 2016
Five Emerging Powers May Determine the Future of Democracy
Guest post by Ted Piccone. As documented in a slew of recent reports from Freedom House, Transparency International and Human Rights Watch, the world is facing an entrenched recession in terms...
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Freedom in the World: What’s Behind the Decade of Decline?
Guest post by Arch Puddington. According to Freedom in the World, a report issued annually by Freedom House, global democracy has experienced a decade of decline. This represents far-and-away the most...
READ MOREJanuary 27, 2016
In Ethiopia, a Mix of Regulations and Repression Silence Independent Voices
Guest post by Simegnish "Lily" Mengesha. After a tense year marked by widely-criticized elections in which Ethiopia’s ruling party won 100 percent of parliamentary seats, 2015 concluded with yet more repression...
READ MOREJanuary 7, 2016
Venezuela and the Consequences of Shoddy Election Observation
Guest post by Christopher Sabatini. If the absence of protests or conflict on an election day is an indicator of success, then the success of the Union of South American Nations’...
READ MOREDecember 3, 2015
Tailor-Made Propaganda, Direct from Russia
Guest post by Robert Orttung. In 2015, Forbes named Russian President Vladimir Putin the most powerful man in the world for the third year in a row. This selection was made...
READ MORENovember 10, 2015
Assad’s Lifeline: The Authoritarian Stabilization Pact in Syria
Guest post by Steven Heydemann. The Syrian conflict has become a testing ground for techniques of authoritarian stabilization—the coordinated efforts of an interconnected network of authoritarian governments to prop up a...
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