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 20, 2016

National Endowment for Democracy Adds Three to Board of Directors Skaggs,...

Former Congressman David Skaggs, author & columnist Anne Applebaum, and Duke University lawyer & political scientist Donald Horowitz were elected at NED’s January 2016 board meeting.

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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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