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Kleptocratic Cooperation in Africa: How Russia and China Undermine Democracy
TWEET | SHARE DOWNLOAD THE REPORT Authoritarian actors play a crucial role in enabling kleptocracy across sub-Saharan Africa. In a new International Forum report, J.R. Mailey (Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime) and Andrea...
Defending the Global Human Rights System from Authoritarian Assault: How Democracies Can Retake the Initiative
TWEET | SHARE DOWNLOAD THE REPORT Authoritarian influence in multilateral institutions is growing rapidly and poses a serious threat to democratic and human rights principles. Repressive governments have worked to undermine mechanisms that...
Defining Global Challenges to Democracy
Ahead of the Summit for Democracy, the International Forum for Democratic Studies has released a series of four issue briefs that highlight several emerging global challenges to democracy.
Defending the Global Human Rights System from Authoritarian Assault: How Democracies Can Retake the Initiative
Events
"Beijing Rules" with Bethany Allen
11:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Please join the International Forum for Democratic Studies for a one-on-one discussion with Bethany Allen to discuss her book and the wider implications of China’s international economic coercion.
Kleptocratic Cooperation in Africa: How Russia and...
02:00 PM- 03:00 PM
Please join the International Forum for Democratic Studies, J.R. Mailey, Andrea Ngombet, and Jodi Vittori for a discussion on how two global authoritarian powers, Russia and China, provide surge capacity to kleptocratic networks in Africa.DOWNLOAD FORUM BROCHURE
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Defending the Global Human Rights System from Authoritarian Assault: How Democracies Can Retake the Initiative
In a new report for the International Forum for Democratic Studies, Dr. Rana Siu Inboden examines how authoritarian regimes exploit multilateral institutions to further their illiberal goals and how democracies can work together to uphold the system and hold abusers accountable.
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A Full-Spectrum Response to Sharp Power: The Vulnerabilities and Strengths of Open Societies
The final report in the Sharp Power and Democratic Resilience series reviews the findings of eight papers that highlight serious vulnerabilities in a cluster of institutions related to information and ideas, commerce, media, and technology.
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Kleptocratic Cooperation in Africa: How Russia and China Undermine Democracy
In a new International Forum report, J.R. Mailey and Andrea Ngombet highlight ways in which global authoritarian powers, Russia and China, provide surge capacity to kleptocratic networks in Africa.
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The Global Struggle Over AI Surveillance: Emerging Trends and Democratic Responses
This report explores the challenge of safeguarding democratic principles and processes as AI technologies enable governments to collect, process, and integrate unprecedented quantities of data about the online and offline activities of individual citizens.
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