Smart Cities and Democratic Vulnerabilities
Smart Cities and Democratic Vulnerabilities highlights three essays that survey the dangers smart cities present to democracy, explaining the importance of embedding smart city projects in participatory processes...
Fighting SLAPPs: Five Things to Know
Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs, are an increasing threat to independent media.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviychuk on Accountability for...
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviychuk discussed her vision for ensuring international justice and accountability for Russia's war crimes in Ukraine.
Sharp Power Five Years Later | Forum Focus: December 2022
This special edition of Forum Focus reflects on the sharp power concept five years after its inception—and looks ahead to promising civil society responses to the global threat of authoritarian influence.
Countering Kleptocracy: November 30, 2022
The Countering Kleptocracy newsletter shines a light on how transnational kleptocracy serves as a vehicle for theft, repression, and influence for political elites—and how democracies can respond.
Digital Directions: November 17, 2022
Digital Directions is a curated newsletter from the International Forum on the evolving relationships among digital technologies, information integrity, and democracy.
Watch: Iranians Demonstrate for Freedom
In the face of the regime’s brutal crackdown on demonstrations in Iran, human rights advocates stress the need for solidarity.
Watch: Highlights from World Movement for Democracy’s 11th Global...
The World Movement for Democracy 11th Global Assembly in Taipei, Taiwan, brought together democracy activists from over 70 countries to work together toward a democratic future.
Announcing New Webpages for Translated Research and Analysis
The International Forum for Democratic Studies has translated many of its publications about emerging global challenges to democracy into Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Syrian Independent Media Outlet Celebrates 10 Years
In the midst of Syria's ongoing conflict, Enab Baladi has grown from a local newspaper to one of the country's most trustworthy independent media outlets.
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