December 1, 2010. Taiwan Democracy at Home and Abroad: Domestic Elections and Cross-Strait Relations. Speakers: Robert Sutter, visiting professor at Georgetown University; Liu Shih-chung, research fellow at the Taiwan Brain Trust; David Brown, adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins School …

The Burmese military’s political front claimed a resounding victory today in an election widely dismissed as a sham.

US President Barack Obama said the ruling junta had simply stolen the election.

Two opposition parties are considering a legal challenge to …

Democracy advocates are lauding President Barack Obama’s speech to the UN General Assembly as his most forceful and eloquent statement yet of the case for promoting democracy and human rights. But some caution that the administration’s laudable rhetoric needs to …

In a “stunning statement,” Fidel Castro has conceded that Cuban communism has failed.

Asked if Havana was still intent on exporting its brand of state socialism, the regime’s former leader replied that “The Cuban model doesn’t even work for …

A new global architecture will ensure America’s global leadership over the next century, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said this morning, outlining an effort to “rethink, reform and recalibrate” US foreign policy.

Supporting democracy, human rights and independent civil …

Democracy and human rights groups protested today as Burmese military leader General Than Shwe continued a five-day state visit to India. Activists insisted that the world’s largest democracy had a moral responsibility to complement short-term strategic interests with support for …

Roger Cohen witnessed a “nation of festive hope and vibrant debate” in the run-up to last year’s presidential election in Iran.

But the Islamic Republic’s suppression of the Green movement has “reduced the pre-electoral vitality to a hallucination …

Advancing democracy remains an integral element of US foreign and security policy, according to the National  Security Strategy document released today. The strategy commits the US to supporting peaceful democratic movements while making the case for engaging autocratic regimes.

President …

President Barack Obama’s speech at West Point anticipated some of the likely themes of the new National Security Strategy to be announced later this week. The administration is expected to highlight engagement and multilateralism at the core of an approach …

This observer thinks so, in an interesting analysis that also touches on the strategic debate within the National League for Democracy on the merits of boycotting or participating in the forthcoming election:  

Htet Aung of Irrawaddy magazine, writing …