Tag: Democracy

Democracy/Information Manipulation – How democracies can win an information contest without undercutting their values (Brookings

Jessica Brandt writes: Dueling French and Russian trolls sparred with one another online as they vied for influence in multiple African countries, Facebook revealed late last...

(Global) Autocracy vs democracy

Kaush Arha writes for Atlantic Council: The competition between autocracy and democracy is the defining challenge of the twenty-first century—one that will in part...

Democracy/Big Data – Whose Democracy Counts When Global Social Media Rules Are Set? (Heidi Tworek, CIGI)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress on Capitol Hill in 2018 about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the...

Global – Deepfakes, Disinformation, and Democracy (ITIF)

The media has long played an important role in a healthy democracy, providing citizens with access to accurate news and information that allows them...

Democracy/Local Governments – Want the Summit for Democracy to develop solutions? Include local governments (Brookings)

Patrick W. Quirk and Eguiar Lizundia The Biden administration has committed to organizing a “Summit for Democracy” to galvanize support for combating authoritarianism, fighting corruption so often...

Democracy/Technology – Democracy: Debugging in process (ORF)

SUNEERA MADHOK It is important to harness informed technology so that we protect against and mitigate the very risks that are likely to play spoilsport...

USA – Protecting democracy and containing autocracy (Brookings)

Michael Hais, Doug Ross, and Morley Winograd Democracy has been under increasing assault in the U.S. over the course of this century. Sixty percent of white working...

Defending democracies from disinformation and cyber-enabled foreign interference (The Strategist)

Danielle Cave and Jake Wallis The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unique societal stress as governments worldwide and their citizens have struggled to work together to contain the...

(USA/Cybersecurity/Democracy) Biden rebuilds cybersecurity alliances but risks creating a techno-democratic clique (East Asia Forum)

Julia Voo, Harvard Kennedy School Under Donald Trump, US global leadership on cyber issues came to a screeching halt. But ‘America is back’ under President...

(Democracy) All Apologies for Democracy (Project-Syndicate)

HAROLD JAMES Recent mistakes by elected governments underscore the unique difficulties that democracies face when dealing with a problem as large and complex as a...

(USA/Global Democracy) Is Democracy in Decline? (CFR)

Speakers G. John Ikenberry Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs; Author, A World Safe for Democracy; CFR...

(USA) How Democracy Dies: Big Tech Becomes Big Brother (BESA Center)

Dr. Jiri and Leni Valenta The willingness of the US federal government to share power with Big Tech is a recipe for unharnessed power and...

(Democracy) Global Political Protests and the Future of Democracy (CSIS)

Sam Brannen Almost one year ago, the world entered its first Covid-19 lockdowns and political protesters nearly vanished from the streets. https://www.csis.org/analysis/global-political-protests-and-future-democracy

(Democracy) Sarkozy’s Conviction Is a Win for the Rule of Law (Project-Syndicate)

JOSEF JOFFE From France to America, democratic countries are affirming the fundamental principle of government by law, not by men (and women). That is the...

(Democracy) Defending democracy is a job for the world, not the west (ORF)

MIHIR SWARUP SHARMA Is democracy for everyone? Are concerns about elections and human rights a luxury that only rich Western nations can afford? Some leaders...

(USA/Democracy) American Democracy: We Have Misread the Signs of the Coming Storm (Fair Observer)

James Bohland Maintaining a vibrant democracy in the United States requires recognition that exceptionalism does not make us invulnerable to autocratic impulses of our past. https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/james-bohland-donald-trump-second-impeachment-trial-capitol-hill-insurrection-american-democracy-authoritarianism-news-11811/