9 July 2019 'slogan' 'self-deprecating' 'quotes' 'campaign'

Venezuela’s Lost Year

• Eric Farnsworth

A year ago Nicolás Maduro stole Venezuela’s election and entrenched his power by jailing and killing those who opposed him. But the world’s democracies don’t need to sit on the sidelines. Here is how they can raise the costs for Maduro.

India’s Democracy at 70: Growth, Inequality, and Nationalism

The World Has Become Flatter for Authoritarian Regimes

• Christopher Walker

They are benefiting from a world that has grown more hostile for democracy and human rights. But it doesn’t need to be the case. Democracies need to double down on their own competitive advantage.

Why Putin Must Be Defeated

• Andrei Kozyrev

The more determined democracies are to avoid war, the greater the risk that autocracies will wage it.

Will Egypt Be the Next Syria?

• Shady ElGhazaly Harb

The pillars of Sisi’s regime are straining, and Assad’s collapse is raising the pressure. If Egypt is going to follow Syria’s path, these are signals to watch.

The Danger of Deconsolidation: The Democratic Disconnect

France Rallies to Resuscitate the Republic

• Dan Slater

The French president made a big bet, and the far right lost.

Why Vladimir Putin’s Luck Ran Out

• Michael McFaul

For twenty years, the Russian autocrat enjoyed a string of good fortune in coming to power and cementing his rule. He had raised Russia’s standing in the world. Then he invaded Ukraine.

Inside the Fight to Save Israeli Democracy

• Natan Sachs

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants the public to see his efforts to overhaul the Israeli judiciary as a “reform.” But people have seen it for what it is: a struggle over the very future of democracy itself.

Why Militaries Support Presidential Coups

• Sharan Grewal

If you want to understand why generals support a presidential power grab, then you need to understand the logic that motivates them. Why they leave the barracks — and what we must do to get them to stand down.

Orbán Is Isolating Hungary from the World

• Sándor Ésik

The Hungarian leader appears to be working overtime at fraying the country’s ties with even its longstanding friends and allies — and the strain is beginning to show.

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Why Ukraine Is Critical to Rebuilding Our Democratic Consensus

• Marc F. Plattner

The case for liberal democracy remains powerful. It may get its biggest boost in the near term from success on the battlefields of Ukraine.

Putin’s Other Failed War

• Roman Badanin

The Russian leader declared war on his country’s independent journalists. But Russian media outsmarted him by taking their operations overseas. They are now reaching more people than ever before.

Why Ukraine’s Millions of Displaced People Will Define Its Future

• Danilo Mandić

Most are Russian speakers from the east, and once harbored sympathies for Moscow. If the country embraces them, they could form the bedrock of a free and open Ukrainian society.

Why Burma’s Democratic Forces Are Winning

• Damon Wilson

Burma’s democratic resistance has made impressive gains against the country’s corrupt junta. But they need help from the world’s democracies if they are to succeed and create an enduring peace.

How to Flip the Script on the Authoritarian Playbook

• Filip Milačić

Aspiring authoritarians share some common tactics for trying to dismantle a democracy. But recent cases also reveal lessons on how to defend against these attacks and slow the threat of democratic backsliding.

El desastre democrático de México

• Amrit Singh
• Gianmarco Coronado Graci

El presidente saliente del país está determinado a arrasar con el sistema judicial mexicano. Su ataque al Estado de Derecho es aún más preocupante de lo que se piensa.

Is Israel Losing Its Last Democratic Safeguard?

• Oded Haklai
• Andrew O’Donohue

The country’s mass protests were its last democratic guardrail. But Israel’s wartime goals have become a higher priority than keeping Netanyahu in check.

Hope and Fear in Syria

• Elizabeth Parker-Magyar

The brutal regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad fell in a week. Syrians have been preparing for this moment for years.