Tag: Democracy

Algorithmic Foreign Influence: Rethinking Sovereignty in the Age of AI (Angelo Toma – Lawfare)

In early 2022, TikTok users in Kenya saw their feeds flooded with political disinformation—including content laced with ethnic hate speech and violent threats ahead...

Brazil’s Digital Sovereignty Is Under Attack: How Courts, Platforms, and Constitutional Law Are Redefining Democracy Online (Sahasranshu Dash and Ana Tereza Duarte Lima de...

On July 30, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing additional tariffs on Brazilian goods, raising the total rate to 50...

Like It or Not, Democratic Societies Need Clearly Defined Adversaries (Daniel Hegedüs, Goran Buldioski – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

Over the past decade, the “boiling frog” has been a popular metaphor for the democratic decline in Western societies. While this gradual decline has...

Taiwan leads in AI election defence efforts (DigWatch)

Taiwan has been chosen to lead a new coalition formed by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems to strengthen democratic resilience against AI-driven disinformation....

Democratic by Design: Implementing and Innovating Democracy-Affirming Technologies (Caitlin Goldenberg Adrienne Goldstein Sharinee Jagtiani Lindsay Gorman – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

The emergence of critical new technologies, from quantum information tools to Artificial Intelligence (AI), has ushered in a new digital era. While these technologies...

Beyond the liberal model in East and Southeast Asia (Diego Fossati – East Asia Forum)

In East and Southeast Asia, democracy must be understood within the region’s unique political, historical and economic contexts. While liberal values are present, many...

Geostrategic magazine (3 May 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Bulgaria; Climate Action; Democracy; Europe;...

The D10 is dead, long live the … Network of Liberty? (Mercedes Page, The Interpreter)

After meeting Australian counterparts in the morning, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss delivered an address to the Lowy Institute on Friday which outlined how the United Kingdom will...

How Democracy Can Defeat Autocracy (Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch)

The conventional wisdom these days is that autocracy is ascendant and democracy is on the decline. But the superficial appeal of the rise-of-autocracy thesis...

HRW Urges Democratic Leaders ‘To Do Better’ In Face Of Authoritarian Rise (HRW)

Human Rights Watch says the world's democratic leaders need "to do better" in meeting global challenges if they are to build momentum in toppling...

Technology and the Global Struggle for Democracy (Manuel Muñiz, Project-Syndicate)

With many democracies reeling from the disruptive effects of new technologies, it is easy to be pessimistic about the future of political systems built...

The “democracy” debate in China (Antara Ghosal Singh, ORF)

The US President Joe Biden’s Democracy Summit held on 9th–10th December triggered an intense debate on democracy in China. China’s State Council Information Office released...

What constitutes democracy is for actual democracies to define (Harsh V. Pant, ORF)

India has a role no less important than America’s in exposing the falsehood of Chinese claims on representative governance What constitutes democracy is for actual...

Democracy’s Vital Tasks (Javier Solana, Project-Syndicate)

Rather than emphasizing their ideological differences with other countries, democracies should instead recognize their responsibility to themselves and the world. In particular, free societies...

Commitment to democracy must remain independent of geopolitics (Maiko Ichihara, East Asia Forum)

South and Southeast Asia have experienced a sharp decline in liberal democracy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the pretext of combating COVID-19, the Philippines and...

How can digital government advance global development and democracy? (George Ingram and Meagan Dooley, Brookings)

Digital technology was a reoccurring theme last week at the Biden administration’s Summit for Democracy on “defending against authoritarianism, addressing and fighting corruption, promoting respect for...