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The New Global Insights Series: Boosting The Democratic Response
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| The International Forum for Democratic Studies launched a new publication series entitled “Global Insights” that spans issues including protecting the integrity of the information space and combating transnational kleptocracy. The first series of essays features analysis on “COVID-19 and the Information Space” by eight experts in the field spanning a range of topics—including media sustainability, authoritarian influence, fact-checking, research partnerships, data privacy—affecting regions across Europe, North and South America, and Africa.
The second iteration of the Global Insights series, which will focus on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected transnational kleptocracy and offer insights on how civil society and independent media may respond, is forthcoming. |
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“The war for information cannot be won without independent, fact-based, and accessible media, particularly aimed at those who have been neglected by traditional media outlets.”
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In December, the International Forum for Democratic Studies held the Seventeenth Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World. Dr. Minxin Pei, Pritzker Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College and incoming NED board member, delivered this year’s lecture on “Totalitarianism’s Long Dark Shadow Over China,” which explored how the influence and legacy of totalitarian institutions affect the prospects for democracy in China. The lecture, which was the first iteration held entirely online, is available in English and in Mandarin.
View previous lectures on key issues related to democracy around the world.
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The National Endowment for Democracy is pleased to welcome Laura Alonso, Peter Biar Ajak, Camelia Bogdan, Grigory Frolov, Violet Gonda, and Péter Krekó as Fall 2020 Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows. They join our program as leading democracy activists, practitioners, journalists, and scholars from their home countries of Argentina, South Sudan, Romania, Russia, Zimbabwe, and Hungary, respectively. |
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Power 3.0 Podcast: “China, The Party, and the World“ with Mareike Ohlberg
In a Power 3.0 podcast entitled “China, The Part, and the World,” Mareike Ohlberg discusses how the Chinese Communist Party targets decision makers abroad through a mix of coercive, corrupting, and censorship-inducing strategies, with the aim of influencing narratives about the Party’s domestic and international legitimacy. |
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MORE FROM THE FORUM:
- Shanthi Kalathil, former Senior Director for the International Forum for Democratic Studies, has been appointed Coordinator for Democracy and Human Rights on the United States National Security Council. Congratulations, Shanthi!
- Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Dr. Peter Biar Ajak published an op-ed in the Washington Post entitled “South Sudan Deserves Better than Salva Kiir.”
- The International Forum’s Dean Jackson was interviewed by the National Bureau of Asian Research on “Social Media Platforms and Authoritarian Censorship in Asia.”
- The Democracy Resource Center published its monthly reading list for January, while the International Forum published its list of 2020 Year-End Reading Recommendations on the Power 3.0 blog.
- Christopher Walker, Vice President for Studies and Analysis at the NED, participated in the Estoril Political Forum with the Catholic University of Portugal’s Institute for Political Studies on a panel entitled “New Authoritarian Challenges to Liberal Democracy.”
- Kevin Sheives, Associate Director of the International Forum, was interviewed by The Diplomat on “China’s Challenges to Global Democracy.”
- Christopher Walker moderated a panel on “Countering Malign Foreign Influence Aimed at Undermining Democratic Institutions and Norms” as part of the Community of Democracies’ conference on Safeguarding Democracy and Countering Malign Foreign Influence.
- Kevin Sheives participated in an event with Sweden’s Institute for Security and Development Policy on “China’s Sharp Power Activities in Democracies and How to Respond,” in which he highlighted how China shapes how advanced democracies think, consume information, do business, and operate their political culture.
- Shanthi Kalathil, former Senior Director for the International Forum for Democratic studies, published an article in the National Defense University’s journal PRISM, entitled “The Evolution of Authoritarian Digital Influence: Grappling with the New Normal.”
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