Democracy is more than rules and institutions, it’s a way of life
It doesn’t matter how many rules we have if no one follows them. If they are not widely respected, then the structure becomes ...
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American Woman Freed By Taliban, Second Release Of US Hostage In 8 Days
An American woman has been released by the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan after being detained for the past month, the second freeing of a US citizen in the past eight days.
Rebel comrades: How Russian imperial nostalgia found its Confederate soul
Russia's Kremlin loyalists and America's MAGA faithful have a lot in common — and they're both enslaved by the past ...
First year of Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law shows how autocracies are replicating Russian model − and speeding up the time frame
Take Georgia. The ruling Georgian Dream party has steered the Caucasus nation from a path toward democracy back to autocracy – and it has done so by learning from Russia. In particular, it adopted a ...
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Three Cheers for the Deep State
Yet without the deep state, governance itself would be well nigh impossible. If everything changed every time a new president or prime minister was elected, governments could accomplish nothing. Long ...
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Former political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza discusses Russian fight for democracy
Murza, a historian, former political prisoner and current vice president of the Free Russia Foundation spoke on the effects of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship on the future of Russian ...