US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) today discussed how to bolster the Syrian opposition and initiate a political transition.
“We’re going to keep increasing the pressure on the Assad regime, and working with …
Bolivia’s expulsion of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) this month is a troubling development on its own, but when viewed in the context of similar actions by other governments, it raises questions about the future of American foreign …
China, Russia and Egypt impose restrictive conditions on private philanthropy that helps cultivate civil society development, while democracies tend to enjoy more conducive arrangements, according to a new analysis.
In a 13 country pilot study, the Hudson Institute’s Center …
The theory of inclusion/moderation posits that the more ideologically fanatical parties are included in the political process, the more realistic, pragmatic and respectful of democratic rules they become. But this has not been the case with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, writes …
“Pakistan is about to cross an important threshold: this weekend’s elections, if all goes to plan, will mark the country’s first transition between elected governments. But this is not a moment for triumphalism,” writes a prominent analyst.
Opinion surveys …
“Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (right) has urged supporters to stage a protest after Malaysia’s ruling coalition won polls he said were marred by fraud [as predicted],” the BBC reports:
His call came as PM Najib Razak was sworn …
The Obama administration should give “sharper, clearer public responses” to violations of basic democratic and rule-of-law norms by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-led government, say two leading analysts.
Initially, President Mohammed Morsi’s government “showed an inexperienced (and heavy) hand on many …
A network of domestic and exiled Cubans will facilitate the island’s transition to democracy, says a leading dissident.
“The table is set,” he said, for opposition groups to “try to find the cracks in the system” and ease Cuba toward …
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro today “put the country’s electricity supplies on an emergency footing after Caracas and outlying areas plunged into darkness amid repeated blackouts,” UPI reports: Power cuts were a recurring problem for late President Hugo …
“Repressive governments around the world have been getting some help from Western technology,” writes The Wall Street Journal’s Christopher Rhoads:
Filtering devices built by Blue Coat Systems, an Internet-security company in Sunnyvale, Calif., have been used by the Syrian …