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5 days ago · Introduction. The next president of the United States, whether a Democrat or Republican, will enter office in January 2025 confronted by a world where freedom is under threat. This is a central challenge to the United States because American citizens benefit most when the world is free and open. Supporting democracy must therefore feature in ...
1 day ago · Democracy has long been heralded as a key cornerstone of sound, legitimate governance by liberal democracies. In this episode of our “Democracy and Development” series, Dr Brian Wong and Alan Doss enjoy a candid, rich, and riveting exchange on the relations between democracy and development, delving into multiple cases including China, Congo, Myanmar, and other countries, as well as ...
5 days ago · What the report does not reveal is that a central component of this assault on democracy is the targeting of women political leaders and women’s rights by far-right extremists and elected autocratic populists who represent the leading edge of democracy’s decline.
2 days ago · What Are the Principles of Democracy? Democracy is a delicate balance between the government and its citizens, often blending aspects of liberal and social democracy. Liberal democracy emphasizes individual freedom and skepticism towards concentrated power, while social democracy focuses on equality through collective action.
3 days ago · Countering authoritarian threats to democracy. Resurgent autocratic regimes in Russia, China, and elsewhere seek to bolster their political dominance at home and project their power abroad by subverting democratic institutions and undermining faith in democratic practice.
5 days ago · The elderly Czech actress Lída Baarová tells a journalist the tumultuous story of her rise to fame in 1930s Berlin and her passionate relationship with the sinister Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda of the Third Reich. About the movie. Streaming Charts.
5 days ago · Social democracy, political ideology that originally advocated a peaceful evolutionary transition of society from capitalism to socialism using established political processes. In the second half of the 20th century, there emerged a more moderate version of the doctrine, which generally espoused.
