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1 month ago | 
journalofdemocracy.org | Robert Person |Michael A. McFaul |Jessica Pisano |Thomas Carothers
Don’t miss these must-read essays from the Journal of Democracy, free for a limited time, on the Russia-Ukraine war, artificial intelligence, illiberalism, democracy’s ability to deliver, and more. What Putin Fears MostForget his excuses. Russia’s autocrat doesn’t worry about NATO. What terrifies him is the prospect of a flourishing Ukrainian democracy. By Robert Person and Michael McFaulHow Zelensky Has Changed UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky is far more than a brave wartime leader.
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May 2, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Thomas Carothers |Richard Youngs
Although Europe and the United States are at first glance natural partners in supporting democracy globally, since the end of the Cold War they have experienced significant oscillation between divergence and convergence in this domain. After a decade of strong convergence in the immediate post–Cold War years, they experienced a serious rift in the 2000s when then U.S. president George W.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Thomas Carothers |Frances Z. Brown
In response to an international context U.S. President Joe Biden has described as an overarching struggle between democracy and autocracy, his administration has set out to support democracy globally as a major foreign policy priority.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
justsecurity.org | Thomas Carothers
Through its efforts to counter the geostrategic reach of China and Russia, the Biden administration aims to defend democracy globally.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Thomas Carothers
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Thomas Carothers
This year, a dizzyingly diverse array of countries—from the most populous (India), to one of the least (Palau)—will hold national elections. Some will be fully in the global limelight, such as those in Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Many others will attract relatively little international attention, even though they will be of great importance to their citizens and neighbors. In some, the outcomes are already predictable; for others, uncertainty prevails.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Thomas Carothers
This year, a dizzyingly diverse array of countries—from the most populous (India), to one of the least (Palau)—will hold national elections. Some will be fully in the global limelight, such as those in Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Many others will attract relatively little international attention, even though they will be of great importance to their citizens and neighbors. In some, the outcomes are already predictable; for others, uncertainty prevails.
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May 30, 2023 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Thomas Carothers
In his March 29 address during the second U.S.-led Summit for Democracy, U.S. President Joe Biden declared that democracies are “turning the tide” against democratic backsliding and that “democracies of the world are getting stronger, not weaker,” while “autocracies of the world are getting weaker, not stronger.” In a recent Foreign Affairs article on countering autocracy globally, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, wrote that 2022 might have been “a...
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Apr 17, 2023 | 
carnegieeurope.eu | Richard Youngs |Ken Godfrey |Thomas Carothers |Nic Cheeseman
European Democracy Hub
Richard Youngs and Ken Godfrey
Senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict and Governance Program at Carnegie Europe and Executive Director of the European Partnership for Democracy, respectively
The second Summit for Democracy was held over three days in the last week of March. The event did not attract much media attention and some observers judged the outcomes to be modest.
