Venezuela
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 9, 2015
Beyond Propaganda: How Authoritarians Disrupt the Global Information Space
It has often been assumed that the era of globalization and the proliferation of communications technologies would foster a more pluralistic global information space in which liberal, democratic ideas would...
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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 25, 2015
Authoritarian Disinformation: All the News Unfit to Print
“Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his political allies claim to be the victims of a U.S.-sponsored campaign of diplomatic and economic aggression. Fortunately for them, a lone voice from Washington...
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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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