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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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November 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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September 22, 2015
The “GONGO Show”: Authoritarian Imposters Crowd-Out Civil Society
The closing space for civil society has been well documented, but sometimes modern autocrats find it more convenient to manipulate civic space than to close it. Contemporary authoritarian regimes are...
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August 19, 2015
Reshaping the Rules: The Emergence of Global Authoritarian Counternorms
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The BRICS Bank. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization. What do these organizations have in common? For starters, China is a major player in each of them. And...
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July 7, 2015
Rethinking Authoritarian “Soft Power”
As countries such as Russia, China, and Iran have become more assertive in their foreign policies, they have also developed a set of instruments that are generally classified under the...
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June 22, 2015
July 15 Event: “The Global Campaign Against Democratic Norms”
The International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy invites you to a panel discussion on "The Global Campaign against Democratic Norms" featuring panelists Alexander Cooley, Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, Professor...
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