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Bored Apes Play to Type, This Time OnlineThe connection between the rise of social media and the decline of American politics and society seems obvious. But what if what everybody knows is wrong?
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Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking DownBeijing has tightened its grip on Hong Kong in recent years, dimming hopes that the financial center will ever become a full democracy.
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2022 Religion and Foreign Policy WorkshopThe 2022 Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop is part of the CFR Religion and Foreign Policy program. The goal of the workshop is to advance understanding of the forces shaping international relation…
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Colombia’s 2022 Presidential Election: What to KnowColombia’s election could deliver the country’s first left-wing president, an outcome with the potential to transform Bogota’s approaches to economic policy, peace negotiations, and foreign relations.
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2022 College and University Educators WorkshopThe 2022 College and University Educators Workshop is part of the CFR Academic initiative. The goal of the Educators Workshop is to find new ways for professors to encourage their students to learn a…
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The Heroism of Vladimir Kara-MurzaThe Russian democracy activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been imprisoned, and his heroism must be saluted.
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The Philippines’ High-Stakes Election: What to KnowThe Philippines’ upcoming presidential election is likely to bring to power Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of a longtime dictator, and could spell the end of democracy in the country.
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Democracy and Voting RightsCarol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler professor of African American studies at Emory University, and Michael Li, senior counsel at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, discuss race, equ…
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CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series With Yascha MounkA democracy has never succeeded in being both diverse and equal. Yet, treating members of many different ethnic or religious groups fairly is central to the democratic project in countries around the world. It is, Yascha Mounk argues, the greatest experiment of our time. In The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure, Mounk examines how diverse societies have long suffered from the ills of domination, fragmentation, or structured anarchy and shows that the past can offer crucial insights for how to do better in the future. The CFR Fellows’ Book Launch series highlights new books by CFR fellows. This meeting is part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy.
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The Great Experiment—Obama's 2022 Summer Reading Pick
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Yascha Mounk offers a brilliant big-picture vision of the greatest challenge of modern time—how to bridge the bitter divides within diverse democracies enough for them to remain stable and functional. -
The Future of Diverse Democracies, With Yascha MounkYascha Mounk, senior fellow at CFR and professor of the practice of international affairs at Johns Hopkins University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the challenges that ethnically, racially, and religiously diverse democracies face. This episode is part of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy.
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Religion and Voting RightsKelly Brown Douglas, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, and Jonah Dov Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, discussed the history of the…
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Does Orban’s Victory in Hungary Change the EU’s Calculus on Russia?Prime Minister Viktor Orban won a fourth term in elections where he enjoyed unfair advantages, presenting a thorny challenge for European unity on Russia and the rule of law.
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Imran Khan’s Undemocratic Action Deepens Pakistan’s Political CrisisPrime Minister Imran Khan dissolved Pakistan’s National Assembly to avoid a no confidence vote. The move has severe consequences for the country’s democracy.
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Conspiracy and Mistrust Poison Congolese PoliticsAccess to the Democratic Republic of Congo's natural resources has been largely controlled by a privileged elite, fueling mistrust and violence between competing groups.
