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March 4, 2024

Chad
Chad’s “Democratic” Transition

In assessing Chad’s upcoming elections, the junta’s actions should speak louder than their words.    

Delegates wait for Chad’s transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby to arrive ahead of an inauguration meeting of a coalition of parties for his candidacy for the presidential election set for May, in N'Djamena, Chad on March 2, 2024.

January 31, 2024

Technology and Innovation
The Largest Senate Judiciary Committee Audience Is on Capitol Hill—and at Home—Today

Today's Senate hearing on big tech and the child exploitation crisis should remind the public of Section 230's provision on parental controls, and the real-world analogies to how social media platfor…

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg returns to his seat after standing and facing the audience while he testified during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 31, 2024

September 18, 2023

Democracy
A Democratic Inquest

Pervasive despondency about democracy in Africa urges the imperative to strengthen democratic institutions and practices.  

A large group of protesters in Nigeria raise their hands in a fist formation on Democracy Day.

January 22, 2024

Pakistan
Pakistan’s Lukewarm February Election—Just Another Sign of South and Southeast Asia’s Democratic Failure

Ruling elites in South and Southeast Asia have stacked the electoral deck in their favor, hindering the chances of opposition parties.

A group of protestors stand on an elevated surface holding their hands in the air in front of building.

November 3, 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo
Catastrophic Displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The latest revelations about the scale of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s crisis deserve attention.

A Congolese soldier stands guard as civilians gather to enrol with the electoral commission as voters at the Zanner Institute centre in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

October 31, 2023

United States
Meet Dean Phillips, Democratic Presidential Candidate

The U.S. congressman from Minnesota is a candidate for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.

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January 26, 2024

Mexico
Proposed Judicial Reforms Hasten Democratic Erosion, Peruvian Guns Fuel Ecuador's Violence, and Arévalo's New Cabinet

Judicial reforms look to erode—not consolidate—democracy; Peruvian guns fuel Ecuador’s violence; and Arévalo delivers a technocratic, centrist cabinet

Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks during his daily news conference on December 20, 2023.

May 10, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Where the Presidential Race Stands With Six Months to Go

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Joe Biden and Donald Trump remain locked in a tight contest where third-party candidates could deci…

An election ballot box as viewed on a folding table.

May 9, 2024

Nigeria
Ethnonationalist Rumblings

Why seeming democratic progress has failed to staunch agitation for self-determination in Nigeria.

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu is pictured smiling at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria.

September 27, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The UK AI Summit: Time to Elevate Democratic Values

Ahead of the Global Summit on Artificial Intelligence Safety from November 1 to 2, the United Kingdom needs to bring its AI policy back in line with the values of freedom, democracy, and rule of law…

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech during a press conference on the net zero target, at the Downing Street Briefing Room in central Londonon September 20, 2023.