Russia
September 15, 2015
Under Pressure: Space for Civil Society
September 15 is the United Nations International Day of Democracy. This year’s theme highlighting “Space for Civil Society” raises the profile of human rights defenders and democracy activists at a...
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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 21, 2015
The Authoritarian Challenge to Democratic Norms
Following the euphoria of the Soviet Union’s collapse in the early 1990s, many policy makers and academics believed that democracy and respect for the rule-based international system progressively would establish...
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July 16, 2015
Authoritarian Media and the Era of Disinformation
“Democracy Ideas” is an interview series conducted by Christopher Walker with leading thinkers on democracy who share their insights on topics such as the ways in which democracy can work...
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July 14, 2015
The Authoritarian Surge into Cyberspace
In the early days of the Internet, it was difficult to imagine how authoritarian regimes could cope with such a powerful source of open information. Today, it is clear that...
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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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