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Not usually at the forefront of geopolitical argy-bargy, the Pacific has recently emerged as a strategic element of securing democracy. A rift threatened to tear apart normally unshakeable regional unity in 2021, with five Micronesian countries threatening to leave the most powerful transnational group, the Pacific Islands Forum. Ahead of…

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Team Libertarian Report from National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" Project Now Available on SSRN

I coauthored the report with Clark Neily and Walter Olson, both of the Cato Institute.

Reason

The fall of Boris Johnson: any democracy should look to his case and ask if it is enabling machiavellian leaders

Boris Johnson’s resignation as prime minister is not just a portentous political event. His time in office – and the nature of his departure – throw up vital questions about democratic values and institutions.

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Steve Bannon blasts Joe Rogan and his ‘low information’ listeners after he calls Trump a danger to democracy

Extremist Trump associate is disgusted by remarks from dramatically more popular podcaster

The Independent UK

‘There’s no ban, but they’re not invited’: Mayor responds to press conference row

Journalists in Bristol are boycotting the mayor's fortnightly press briefings as part of an ongoing row

Bristol Post

British lawyers defending Hong Kong tycoon say they receive threats

Barristers from a British law firm who are representing jailed Hong Kong tycoon and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai said on Thursday they had received anonymous emails warning them against travelling to the city to defend him.

Reuters

The US supreme court poses a real threat to Americans’ democracy

It did not start with Donald Trump. And it will not end with his shuffling off stage, in handcuffs or disgrace

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Jacinda Ardern warns West to avoid framing Russian invasion as 'democracy vs autocracy'

The New Zealand Prime Minister is cautions against framing Russia's battle in Ukraine as "black and white", saying it was important to bring together a broad international coalition of countries, including China, to push back against Russia.

ABC News

Don’t waste all your anger on Boris Johnson — save some for his enablers

The prime minister and his wrecking crew already smashed our democracy – now they are just turning the ire on themselves, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

‘The world is bloody messy’: Jacinda Ardern urges end to ‘black-and-white’ view of global conflict

New Zealand PM says Russia’s war in Ukraine is morally bankrupt but should not be seen as a conflict of democracy versus autocracy

The Guardian - AU

Trump's lessons for defending the rule of law

A new show currently airing gives fresh meaning to the term reality TV. Call it American Democracy: Clear and Present Danger. It should be required viewing.

Bangkok Post

What happened on 6 January 2021?

Botched assault on cradle of American democracy by misguided Donald Trump supporters remembered as deeply shameful climax to his chaotic and divisive reign

The Independent UK

Lynn Schmidt: A GOP presidential ticket that just might save the Republican Party from itself

A 2024 ticket of former Vice President Mike Pence and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney might just be the thing that saves the Republican Party and our republic. Since Donald Trump’s descent on the golden escalator in 2015, there have been far too many missed offramps for Republican officials who did…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Commentary: US elections require a permanent structure for fighting foreign interference

The National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command recently reestablished their election security team to help secure the 2022 midterm elections. In light of Independent Sen. Angus King’s push for Cybercom to produce unclassified reports connected with each biennial election, which comes on the heels of increased alarm about foreign…

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The Guardian - UK

It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet

The US supreme court is helping to destroy our climate. But it was a much smaller decision, closer to home, that was the final straw for me, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Roll Call

Dishing out civics along with dessert - Roll Call

Believing they will be effective in boosting voter registration, a new group is creating tools to encourage holding "Democracy Dinners."

The Conversation

Kenya’s fringe presidential candidates: what they offer in elections

On 9 August 2022, Kenyans will vote for their fifth president. It will be the country’s seventh general election since the resumption of multiparty electoral democracy 30 years ago.

Tribune News Service

Tony Norman: Hail to the effin' chief

If all had gone according to the former president's fever dream on Jan. 6, the morning of Jan. 7, 2021, would've ushered in an attempted decapitation of democracy.

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Will 2022 turn the clock back to America before 1964?

“The United States is now at one of those historic forks in the road whose outcome will prove as fateful as those of the 1860s, the 1930s, and the 1960s,” Nancy MacLean wrote in her 2017 book, “Democracy in Chains.”

Bangkok Post

Food as rebellion

'Eating food is our right. If our tongues aren't made of free will, it will be difficult to establish democracy. If we aren't allowed to eat our favourite food, how can we have desired politics?" said Asst Prof Chatichai Muksong, lecturer in history at Srinakharinwirot University, who has studied the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A Turbulent US this July 4, but Many See Cause to Celebrate

Independence Day has arrived as the United States is rocked by hearings over the Jan. 6 insurrection, awash in turmoil over high court rulings on abortion and guns and struggling to maintain the bonds that keep it together. Yet many also see cause to celebrate Monday: the deadly danger of…

The Hindu

We delivered what we promised: Yogi Adityanath

However Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said that in the 100 days, the BJP government has misused power and weakened democracy

The Hindu

Is it nationalisation of Operation Kamala?: HDK

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Axios

Hyperlocal communities disproportionately hit by the fall of local newspapers

"This is a crisis for our democracy and our society."

Radio France Internationale

Ecowas lifts sanctions on Mali junta, agrees to Burkina transition timeline

West African leaders have lifted sanctions on Mali's military regime, accepting a deadline for a return to civilian rule by March 2024 and agreed to allow Burkina Faso two years for its transition back to democracy.

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