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Biden's Democracy Summit Was Never a Good Idea. But Here's How to Make It Work.
Bruce Jentleson coauthors four suggestions for mitigating the pitfalls and maybe even pulling off a success at the Summit for Democracy in Politico.
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Paths to New Prosperity and a Better Politics in Democracies
Transatlantic leaders can share ideas, tools, and strategies to help bridge economic divides between struggling heartland communities and thriving cities.
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Ally-shore to Restore US Economic Leadership, Protect Democracy
“By centering our economic and trade relations with our friends, we can drive a more powerful collective recovery,” writes John Austin in Our Towns.
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Disinformation Casts a Shadow over Brazilian Presidential Elections
"Rumors, lies and misinformation played a decisive role in the first round, and they will play an even greater role in the second," writes Robert Muggah.
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Why Disinformation Could Prove Decisive in Brazil's Election
As the run-off vote looms at the end of October, the far-right’s misinformation machine is going into overdrive, writes Robert Muggah.
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US Must "Ally-Shore" to Reassure Partners
John Austin writes in Newsweek how "for economic growth, international security, global political stability and the protection of our democracies—the time for ally-shoring is now!"
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Domestic Investments Can Aid All Democracies
Nonresident Fellow John Austin and Elaine Dezenski unpack how domestic investments can be creative tools to strengthen democracy.
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Why France's Presidential Election Will Be Critical for Ukraine
What does the French election mean for global democracy? Council President Ivo Daalder dives in with MSNBC's Alicia Menendez and the New Yorker's David Rhode.
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A Democracy Summit Is Not What the Doctor Ordered
A new administration may find that the summit overloads its circuits at a demanding time.
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America shrugs while democracy around the world retreats
For the 13th year in a row, freedom declined around the world — with more countries falling down freedom’s ranks than moving up.
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Why We Need to Protect a Free Press Everywhere
Elizabeth Shackelford explains why press freedom is more than an important feature of democracy—it's a foreign policy priority.
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Coups Are Happening Where Democracy Is Failing
“Those who want democracy to succeed must help make the case,” argues Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune. Case in point: the US impact on coups.
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Will the World Still Look to America as a Champion of Democracy?
Council President Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, examines how the events at the US Capitol influence US standing abroad.
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America Is Leading the World Backward
“A series of radical rulings makes America’s exhortations about promoting democracy ring hollow,” write Senior Fellows Elizabeth Shackelford and Dina Smeltz.
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In Kenya, Cautious Optimism for the Country's Presidential Election
"Kenyan elections have a troubled history, but with democracy declining across the globe, Kenya this year stands out as a possible ray of hope," writes Elizabeth Shackelford.
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The Hope and Warning of Iran's Protests
"Even when 'people power' succeeds in ousting oppressive leaders, there is no guarantee that what comes next is peace or democracy," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.
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America's Role in Global Corruption
"To be a credible champion of good governance and democracy, America must make fighting corruption a higher priority," writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.
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Democracy Around the World Had a Rough Year. But Don't Give Up.
"The year we’re leaving behind was a bad one for democracy — a reminder that progress is fragile and not inevitable, and that history doesn’t always take a linear path," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.
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Africa Will Test Biden's Democracy Approach
In Africa, “supplying and supporting abusive security forces often directly undermines democracy,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.
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America’s Political Dysfunction Harms Our Reputation and National Security
“If the United States can’t lead by example as a defender of democracy and the rule of law at home, we’ll have a hard time defending them elsewhere,” says Elizabeth Shackelford.
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Populist Candidate Javier Milei Offers Easy Answers to Argentina's Hard Problems
Milei’s appeal draws attention to an acute problem facing democracies around the world: Good governance and good politics don’t always align.
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The US Role In Assisting Other Democracies
How does the United States use its influence in the global fight for democracy? Elizabeth Shackelford talks US foreign policy, coups, and more on C-SPAN.
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The System That Sent Billionaires to Space Could Fall Apart Without Their Help
As billionaires race to space, "our democracies could use their help on the ground," John Austin argues in Barron's.
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Made in America? Try Made in Democracy.
John Austin argues that the Inflation Reduction Act should, instead of requiring “domestic” content, require “democratic” content from allies around the globe.
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Shifting from "Relentless War" to "Relentless Diplomacy"
"In order for democracies to compete with authoritarian regimes like China, they have to prove that they can deliver for their people at home," Council President Daalder tells CNN.
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GOP Candidates Spar over Funding the Ukraine War
Will the Republican Party stand for international engagement, democracy and freedom? Or will Republicans adopt a narrower, inward-looking vision?
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America's Not the Only Place Democracy is Under Siege
Ivo Daalder, Kori Schake and David Sanger discuss the international challenges facing the Biden administration.
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"Ally On-Shoring" in the Age of China and Trump
In this episode, Garrison host's John C. Austin for a discussion of his theory of "Ally On-Shoring", a proposed method of economic and security cooperation among democracies in the face of the rising challenges of a revisionist China abroad and a
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Tweaking the Inflation Reduction Act Can Strengthen Democracies' Hand
“Made in Democracy” is a better label than “Made in America” if the goal is to strengthen our collective Western economies as well as our political alliances.
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Regional Inequality Looms as Pressing Threat to Democracy
A group of experts, including the Council's John Austin, Brian Hanson, and Alex Hitch explain why now is the time to rise to a new political, economic, and social challenge rooted in growing regional inequalities.
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How America and Democracies Around the World Can Defeat Illiberalism
America should view its many threats as a collective advance of illiberalism acting against the post-World War II democratically led, rules-based world order.
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NATO Declares Russia "Most Significant and Direct Threat" to Peace
NATO welcomed Finland and Sweden, marking “a very good day for those who care about freedom and democracy in Europe," says Ivo Daalder on CBC.
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Turkish Election Takeaways | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Curious about why Turkey’s presidential election matters? Our experts have you covered. https://globalaffairs.org/turkish-election-takeaways -
Industrial Heartland Transformation and Democracy: Insights and Implications from ...
Industrial Heartland Transformation and Democracy: Insights and Implications from a Transatlantic Learning Exchange. ... regions, seize green economy leadership, and strengthen democracies at home and alliances abroad. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/Research/FInalStudyTourReport5-2-23.pdf -
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of the root cases of polarizing politics undermining Western democracies and transatlantic relationships. ... Before contributing tothe Transforming Industrial Heartlands Initiative, he interned with the German Marshall Fund,focusing on their Cities https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/Research/Engaging-Heartland-Residents_dec2022_web.pdf -
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salient industrial heartlands of our democracies. And in particular what we recently learned in the study tour bringing UK and European regional. ... democracies’ capacity to counter the rising threat from authoritarian powers like China and. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/Research/AustinOECDRegionalEcDevCommiteeTalk_TIH-Post-510.pdf -
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Scholl Foundation Lecture on U.S.-China Relations in June 2009. Corporate Programs on India provided the latest thinking on the world’s most populous market democracy. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/communique_08-09_annual_report.pdf -
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In February 2004 seventeen members traveled to India, accompanied by Council president Marshall Bouton, for an intimate view of the world’s largest democracy and the second largest Muslim country. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/annual_report_2002-05.pdf -
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With democracy came a challenge to the ROC system established by the KMT-Mainlander class: most of Taiwan does not want to be incorporated into China. ... that the PRC is implacably aggressive and that Taipei must strengthen its military and ties with https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/Taiwan%27s%20Security%20Future.pdf -
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Divesting from repressive governments would boost US credibility by reducing the divide between US rhetoric and practice regarding democracy. ... Given the Biden administration’s focus on aligning democracies against nondemocratic threats, that https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/Less%20is%20More%20-%20US%20SSA%20to%20Africa%208-2023%2C%20Published.pdf -
Western Pennsylvania, USA and Germany’s Ruhr A Transatlantic Dialogue ...
Western Pennsylvania, USA and Germany’s Ruhr. A Transatlantic Dialogue on Making and Managing Economic Transition. The Transforming Industrial Heartlands Initiative, founded in 2019, uses economic development. to protect democratic institutions https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2023-07/Ruhr-WPA-TransatlanticDialoguereport7-5_TIR.pdf -
1 Regional Structural Policy in Pittsburgh and the Ruhr ...
The United States is not alone in this regard – most Western democracies contain. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2023-06/Ruhr-Pitt-Regional-Policy-ShortReport.pdf -
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Participatory Governance in Local Care ProgramsLessons from Bogotá and ...
Participatory governance must not be an afterthought or a mere instrument through which the illusion of democracy is presented. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Participatory-Governance-in-Local-Care-Programs.pdf -
Pivot to Europe: US Public Opinion in a Time ...
This aligns with broader current American views on policy toward Russia and China, which support pushing back against these countries—particularly when they threaten democracies in their neighborhoods— but not in ... Promoting human rights and https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-10/2022%20Chicago%20Council%20Survey%20Report%20PDF_0.pdf -
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Promoting human rights and democracy around the world. Overall Republican Democrat Independent. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/China%20Human%20Rights%202022%20Topline.pdf -
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Memo on an ‘Economic Article 5’to counter authoritarian coercion ...
How would such an economic mechanism work? One solution: an international grouping, or “alliance of democracies,” could come together and agree on such a framework, possibly through the Summit for Democracy ... Our overarching purpose is to https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/CCGA%20Economic%20Article%205%20Brief_vF_0.pdf -
Executive summary Cities are now more connected than ever ...
When asked about the primary focus areas of the networks in which they participate, four—governance and democracy; climate change; the environment; and urban planning, land management, and sustainability—surfaced as https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/toward_city_diplomacy_report_180207.pdf