January 22, 2016

Ethiopia: Silencing Dissent — Journal of Democracy January 2016

In Ethiopia’s May 2015 parliamentary elections, the long-ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), together with its allies, claimed a historic victory with 100 percent of...

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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 28, 2015

Journal of Democracy October Issue: Authoritarianism Goes Global (II)

The Journal of Democracy October issue features essays on authoritarianism, the aftermath of the Arab Spring, “non-Western” democracy, militarism in Latin America, and the impact of decentralization.

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