Subverting the International System
May 17, 2016
Crackdowns on Citizen Election Monitors Reveal Authoritarian Fear
Guest blog post by Patrick Merloe, contributing author to the edited volume, Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy.Nonpartisan election monitoring, spanning over 100 countries, embodies a movement of millions...
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April 13, 2016
Coercive Diplomacy Injects Adrenaline into Russia’s Decaying Regime
Guest post by Lilia Shevtsova, contributing author to the edited volume, Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy. Among the many challenges the West is facing, the resurgence of an authoritarian...
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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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January 28, 2016
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...
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January 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’...
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December 22, 2015
Framing the Agenda: China’s Use of International Fora to Promote ‘Internet Sovereignty’
Last week in Wuzhen, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping during his opening keynote remarks made clear the theme of China’s second World Internet Conference, “An Interconnected World Shared and Governed by...
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