Tag: The Journal of Democracy
Fear and learning: Arab world not finished with democracy
DemDigest January 16, 2020 January 16, 2020
A vibrant protest movement is visible in Iran and across the Middle East — but it isn't calling for Islamic revolution, much less the tired misrule of the mullahs, The… Read more »
Algeria, Analysis, Arab Spring, Authoritarianism, Civil Society, Democracy Assistance and Promotion, Democratic institutions, Democratic Transitions, Democratization, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East/North Africa, National Endowment for Democracy, Tunisia Fear and Learning in the Arab Uprisings, Governance in Arab states, madaniyya, Michele Dunne, Prospects for Democratic Change in the Arab World in 2020, The Journal of Democracy
How to break out of the democratic slump
For the past twelve years or so, democracy around the world has been in a funk, notes Stanford University's Larry Diamond. The long democracy slump has seen a surge in… Read more »
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How (not) to advance democracy: Why liberalism works
Is democracy overrated? the conservative British philosopher Roger Scruton once asked. "In my view, the idea that there is a single, one-size-fits-all solution to social and political conflict around the… Read more »
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As new civil movements gain strength, Tunisia a testing showcase for Islam and democracy
DemDigest September 13, 2019 September 13, 2019
Today, as new democratic movements gather strength elsewhere in North Africa and Tunisia prepares for a presidential election on Sunday, the country's role as a showcase for democracy in the… Read more »
Analysis, Arab Spring Abdel Fattah Mourou, an associate fellow with The Washington Institute:, Carl Gershman, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), Daniel Twining, International Republican Institute (IRI), Islam and Democracy after Twenty Years: The Continuing Quest, Merriden Varrall, National Endowment for Democracy's Carl Gershman, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED), Qantara, Rachid Ouaissa, Sarah Feuer, Tarek Masoud, The Journal of Democracy, U.S. Engagement in the Middle East and North Africa: The Role of Human Rights and Political Reform
'Claws of the Panda': China model going backwards?
DemDigest February 25, 2019 February 25, 2019
Can pandas fly? The trade war is biting and growth is slowing. Time to reform China's economy. Our cover this week https://econ.st/2SQknUx Posted by The Economist on Saturday, February 23,… Read more »
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China's sharp power: is talk of new ideological Cold War 'overblown'?
DemDigest February 8, 2019 February 8, 2019
China's media is being wielded as a tool to shape public opinion and serve the ideological aims of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) across the globe. And, as a part… Read more »
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How Khomeini betrayed the democratic promise of the Iranian revolution
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini betrayed the principles of the Iranian revolution after sweeping to power in 1979, leaving a "very bitter" taste among some of those who had returned with him… Read more »
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Venezuela's best path to democracy is………….
The line of least resistance to restoring democracy in Venezuela? Pay off the military, argues Michael Albertus, an associate professor of political science at the University of Chicago, and co-author… Read more »
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Countering digital dangers to democracy
In terms of digital dangers to democracy, four challenges loom large, notes Laura Chinchilla, Chair of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age, launched earlier this month at… Read more »
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Are social media platforms 'rotting democracy from within'?
Facebook has entered a new era of cautious glasnost, inviting researchers to look 'under the hood' of various aspects of its operations, and understand how it formulates and implements… Read more »
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