Today's general elections in Nepal have the potential to pave the path toward democracy.
"...Moving toward elections fought over core political questions has the best chance of laying the foundation for enduring changes in Nepal," Paul Staniland writes.
"In Nepal, Gen-Z activists have used...protests as an opportunity to push for political-party reforms that would retire old elites and improve youth representation in parliament."
Read about how Gen-Z uprisings in Nepal led to today's general elections.
Nicaragua is a corrupt, dictatorial outpost. But it didn’t have to be the case. And its path offers valuable lessons for how to achieve a successful democratic transition in Venezuela today.
04.03.2026 20:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How Maduro Stole Venezuela's Vote
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"Some fear that Rodríguez is buying time by yielding to U.S. economic demands while slow walking political reform, as the newly approved amnesty law suggests — a narrowly passed measure that leaves many dissidents jailed on political grounds."
04.03.2026 18:55 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Delcy Rodríguez and her cronies aren’t going to surrender easily. They plan to adapt and undermine any attempt to restore Venezuela’s democracy. This is their strategy.
04.03.2026 16:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nicaragua is a corrupt, dictatorial outpost. But it didn’t have to be the case. And its path offers valuable lessons for how to achieve a successful democratic transition in Venezuela today.
03.03.2026 21:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"...Dismantlement of [Venezuela's] regime requires a careful balancing act from the United States: It should be fast enough to exploit leverage that may not last, yet slow enough to prevent a Chavista backlash against Rodríguez that could demand deeper American involvement."
03.03.2026 19:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The case of Hungary shows how autocrats can rig elections legally, using legislative majorities to change the law and neutralize the opposition at every turn, no matter what strategy they adopt.
03.03.2026 18:08 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The slide from democracy to authoritarianism is often subtle, gradual, and driven from within. The newly launched Tyranny Tracker is a sophisticated tool for classifying political regimes across the spectrum.
03.03.2026 16:30 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"The Trump administration’s leverage over the regime now led by Maduro’s former deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, is extraordinary...The central question remains whether that leverage will be used to secure a genuine democratic transition," writes Alejandro Tarre.
03.03.2026 16:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
People are losing faith in democracy’s ability to deliver social progress. But are democracies better than autocracies at promoting economic growth, alleviating poverty, and creating healthier, more educated, and more peaceful societies? On all counts, the answer is yes.
02.03.2026 19:43 — 👍 3 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Today, governments can see who buys what, who pays whom, and who donates to which cause. But they cannot easily trace or confiscate Bitcoin. The digital currency offers a lifeline to democratic movements operating in the most repressive places.
02.03.2026 19:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai was just sentenced to twenty years in prison. His persecution offers a window into how freedom has been undone in Hong Kong. It should be a warning to us all.
02.03.2026 18:51 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
The slide from democracy to authoritarianism is often subtle, gradual, and driven from within. The newly launched Tyranny Tracker is a sophisticated tool for classifying political regimes across the spectrum.
02.03.2026 16:49 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The country’s civil society is reemerging, opposition leaders are returning, and activists are taking to the streets. Even more, Washington has the leverage to bring about real change. Will it seize the moment?
02.03.2026 15:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jimmy Lai will be remembered in history as a man of integrity who, while the wealthy and elite across the West bowed to the winds of authoritarianism, stood tall.
Beijing should do the honorable thing, grant him humanitarian parole, and let him leave China.
The country’s civil society is reemerging, opposition leaders are returning, and activists are taking to the streets. Even more, Washington has the leverage to bring about real change. Will it seize the moment?
01.03.2026 16:00 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Nicaragua is a corrupt, dictatorial outpost. But it didn’t have to be the case. And its path offers valuable lessons for how to achieve a successful democratic transition in Venezuela today.
01.03.2026 14:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"...Dismantlement of [Venezuela's] regime requires a careful balancing act from the United States: It should be fast enough to exploit leverage that may not last, yet slow enough to prevent a Chavista backlash against Rodríguez that could demand deeper American involvement."
28.02.2026 18:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Cuba may indeed be at its most consequential turning point in decades. But history suggests that how change comes matters as much as that it comes at all."
28.02.2026 16:00 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The Trump administration is ratcheting up the pressure, and the island dictatorship is in deep crisis. But what is the plan for picking up the pieces?
28.02.2026 13:00 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai was just sentenced to twenty years in prison. His persecution offers a window into how freedom has been undone in Hong Kong. It should be a warning to us all.
27.02.2026 19:00 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
The slide from democracy to authoritarianism is often subtle, gradual, and driven from within. The newly launched Tyranny Tracker is a sophisticated tool for classifying political regimes across the spectrum.
27.02.2026 18:00 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
"Regime classification in an era of democratic backsliding requires close attention to executive-led erosion and, above all, to the judiciary’s capacity to function as an effective check on abuses of power."
🆕 By Javier El-Hage, Malaak Jamal, and Alvaro Piaggio
If Delcy Rodríguez retains power in Venezuela, "the United States could become yet another foreign government outmaneuvered by Chavismo. The alternative for Trump — positioning himself as a decisive force behind Venezuela’s democratization...would be a historic achievement."
27.02.2026 14:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
