May 21, 2019

Forum Q&A: Ilya Lozovsky on the Troika Laundromat Investigation and...

Ilya Lozovsky talks about OCCRP’s "Troika Laundromat" investigation and the vital role collaboration played in uncovering this story.

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May 03, 2019

Foreign Authoritarian Influence in the Western Balkans: An International...

An International Forum working paper on foreign authoritarian influence from China, Russia, Turkey, and the Gulf States in the Western Balkans media sphere, written by Kurt Bassuener.

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May 02, 2019

Building Democratic Resilience in the Western Balkans

03:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Agon Maliqi discussed how to bolster domestic constituencies for liberal democracy in the Western Balkans. A panel of experts elaborated on larger regional and geopolitical trends and ways to counter the influence of authoritarianism.

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April 26, 2019

Beyond Silk and Silver: China's New Road in the Americas

09:00 AM - 11:00 AM

The Council of the Americas, Americas Quarterly, and the National Endowment for Democracy hosted a deep-dive discussion on China’s new agenda for engagement in the Americas.

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April 23, 2019

“Armenia’s Velvet Revolution” by Elspeth Suthers &...

In 2018, a peaceful protest movement brought down Armenia’s semiauthoritarian government and ushered in a new political era, the culmination of a long struggle for national pride, self-determination, and...

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April 18, 2019

Journal of Democracy April 2019 Issue: 30 Years After Tiananmen

The April 2019 issue of the Journal of Democracy features a set of five articles reflecting on Tiananmen, thirty years after the 1989 protests and their brutal suppression.

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March 28, 2019

International Forum for Democratic Studies March 2019 Newsletter

The March 2019 edition of the Forum newsletter features new content, event recaps, and more.

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March 12, 2019

Democracy Research News March 2019

Democracy Research News is the electronic newsletter of the Network of Democracy Research Institutes (NDRI), a membership association of institutions that conduct and publish research on democracy and democratic...

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March 19, 2019

The Road to Digital Unfreedom

03:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Ronald J. Deibert and Xiao Qiang discussed the multifaceted challenges posed by sharpening levels of online polarization and manipulation, new threats to individual rights and privacy in the digital space, the tension between the business model of social media companies and their responsibilities to democratic societies, and authoritarian efforts to diffuse digital technologies of surveillance and control.

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February 26, 2019

A Crisis of Legitimacy in the Islamic Republic of Iran Forty...

03:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Dr. Ladan Boroumand reflected on crucial phases that have defined Iran's state-society dialectic, and brought to light the unprecedented cultural and ideological consequences of this dynamic.

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