Democracy
Why the Next Democracy Summit Must Go Beyond Civil Society Support
Democracy was on the agenda at last week’s White House meeting between U.S. president Joe Biden and Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with Biden calling on the two...
The Erosion of Democracy Is Contagious
A leading U.S. role in nurturing democracy worldwide can operate in either or both of two ways. One is by reaching out, using any of several foreign policy tools, to...
El Salvador and the Challenge of Promoting Democracy
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has recently posed challenges to the liberal international order championed by the United States. Extremely popular at home, mostly from his relative success in combating...
Bahrain Goes to the Polls
Voters in Bahrain and the United States will go to the polls during the second week of November to elect their legislative representatives. For citizens of both countries, this time-honored...
China Offers a Terrible Alternative to the Liberal Order
Democracy and its close cousins, the “liberal ideals,” are on their deathbed, and a new set of instruments is needed. Thus argues the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which in recent...
Emerging Technologies Can Protect Democratic Freedoms
After the 9/11 terror attacks, lawmakers created a bipartisan commission to ensure that one of the darkest days in U.S. history would never be repeated. Today, threats to the United...
McConnell Says America Has ‘Very Little Election Fraud’
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated on Monday that there is “very little election fraud” and that he isn’t overly concerned about threats to democracy, Axios has reported. McConnell’s...
Presidential Term Limits and Africa: Fact or Fiction?
Many African states have presidential term limits codified in their constitutions, but in practice, they have given rise to various interpretations and manipulations. Despite some states where this limitation does...
Will Kenya’s Elections Rejuvenate African Democracy?
Just as the “Arab spring” turned out to be less than advertised, Africa overall also suffered setbacks in freedom, democracy, and the media in the second decade of the century....
Ukraine Is a Tragedy, But America’s Biggest Threat Lies at Home
THE INVASION of Ukraine is tragic and dangerous. But it is also a huge geopolitical opportunity for the United States. The dominant geopolitical trend of the twenty-first century has been...
Leadership Wanted: America Needs to Act, Not Apologize
ALMOST ANYONE can sail a ship on smooth seas, but you need a steady hand on the tiller in stormy weather. So far, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is clearly...
Creeping Military Politicization Puts Mexico and Brazil at Risk
Are Latin America’s armed forces again becoming politically active after decades in which they have largely stayed in the barracks and confined themselves to their normal professional role? We are...