July 20, 2020

International Forum for Democratic Studies July 2020 Newsletter

The July 2020 edition of the Forum newsletter features new content, event recaps, and more.

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July 15, 2020

New report on COVID-19 and Democracy calls for urgent measures by governments...

Democracies around the world need to adopt new initiatives to ensure the lasting protection of democracy and civil liberties threatened by the Covid-19 pandemic. A new report, ‘Global Democracy and COVID-19:...

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June 25, 2020

Covid-19 crisis threatens democracy, leading world figures warn

More than 500 political, civil leaders, Nobel Laureates and pro-democracy institutions have signed an open letter to defend democracy, warning that the freedoms we cherish are under threat from governments...

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June 25, 2020

A Call to Defend Democracy

The Covid-19 pandemic threatens more than the lives and the livelihoods of people throughout the world.  It is also a political crisis that threatens the future of liberal democracy. Authoritarian...

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