Hassner-19-2

The World Has Become Flatter for Authoritarian Regimes

• Christopher Walker

They are benefiting from a world that has grown more hostile for democracy and human rights. But it doesn’t need to be the case. Democracies need to double down on their own competitive advantage.

Democracy’s Most Dangerous Assumptions

• Daniel Fried

It is tempting to believe the horrors of the past will not haunt our future. Vladimir Putin is proving that we hold such beliefs at our peril.

Why NATO Is More Than Democracy’s Best Defense

• Robert Person
• Michael McFaul

On its 75th anniversary, the Atlantic Alliance should be celebrated for being more than the world’s greatest military compact. It’s an engine of democracy’s advance. 

Plattner-21-1

Diamond-16-1

External Influence and Democratization: The Revenge of Geopolitics

The Man Who Stood Up to Vladimir Putin

• Lucian Kim

It is almost a year since the death of Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition leader sought to channel Russian nationalism as a challenge to Putin’s autocracy. He gave everything in the fight.

Mbow-19-1

Joseph-19-2

Weyland-24-3-1

Europe and Azerbaijan: The End of Shame

Authoritarianism Goes Global: Countering Democratic Norms

European Disintegration? A Fraying Union

The Quest for Good Governance: Learning from Virtuous Circles

Krastev-15-2

Ibrahim-17-3

04_31.2_KuiszWigura pp. 41-53

Liberation Technology: Whither Internet Control?

Madsen-21-4