“If you’re not a socialist/liberal/radical at the age of 20, you haven’t got a heart. If you’re still one at 40, you haven’t got a head,” the cliché goes.

But there’s an exception to every rule.

“Evolving from pacifist to hawk …

The Obama administration should be more assertive steps to in?uence the outcome of Arab Spring transitions, engage more broadly than government-to-government relations with a diverse set of actors, and employ leverage and incentives to affect the behavior of key actors, …

Are the West’s democracies prepared to challenge what one analyst calls “Eurasia’s new authoritarian architecture”?

“For years now, the United States and its allies in Europe and Asia have been talking about the importance of common efforts to promote human …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is actively considering membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group that’s been described as an authoritarian international for Eurasia’s illiberal regimes, according to Eurasia Daily Monitor analyst Emrullah Uslu:

When asked to clarify …

“The age of Islamism and democracy has just arrived,” says a leading analyst, even if “the interplay may be long, arduous and ugly.”

Islamist groups have been the principal beneficiaries of the pro-democracy revolts of the Arab Awakening, taking power …

Russia today announced further curbs on civil society groups, as a leading analyst recommends “information warfare” as the most effective response to the Kremlin’s growing authoritarianism at home and abroad.  

“Russia’s Justice Ministry is proposing legislation to extend rules …

Democracy and human rights advocates are paying tribute to Max M. Kampelman, the veteran lawyer, political adviser and eminent Cold War diplomat, who died Jan. 25 at his home in Washington, D.C.

Kampelman made a major contribution to the eventual …

Eurasia’s authoritarian regimes use “bribes and gifts” to prevent the Council of Europe from criticizing “rampant human rights violations,” says a senior European diplomat.

That’s another reason why Europe needs an autonomous nongovernmental body to advance democracy and human rights, …

The United States “will support democracy from Asia to Africa; from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom,” President Barack Obama …

The Obama administration’s approach to democracy promotion is marked by continuity with its predecessors, says a new analysis. But the bipartisan consensus in favor of advancing democracy may be eroded as the rise of authoritarian powers “will make the projection …