January 21, 2016

Journal of Democracy January 2016 Issue: The Authoritarian Threat

In “China and the ‘Singapore Model,'” Stephan Ortmann and Mark R. Thompson examine China’s desire to learn from Singapore “how to combine authoritarian rule with ‘good governance.'”...

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January 13, 2016

Authoritarianism Goes Global: “The Hijacking of ‘Soft Power'”

In the January 2016 issue of the Journal of Democracy, NED Vice President for Research and Studies Christopher Walker explains the ways in which authoritarian regimes have hijacked the concept of “soft power”.

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October 14, 2015

Report: Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt, Russia,...

In a new report by the International Forum for Democratic Studies, three experts assess the shape and trajectory of civil society and the media in Egypt, Russia, and Vietnam, and their restrictions.

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August 17, 2015

Democracy in Decline? A New Book by the Journal of Democracy

Eight of the world’s leading public intellectuals and scholars of democracy explore concerns and offer competing viewpoints about the state of democracy today in a new Journal of Democracy book.

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