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Despotism and Democracy in the Age of the Virus
“The first major crisis of the post-American world is ugly and is going to get worse. A pandemic required a pan-planet reaction. Instead it found Pangloss in the White House blowing smoke and insisting, as disaster loomed, that it was still the best of all possible worlds in America” (Roger Cohen, 2020).
Pandemic Propaganda is Coming. Be Ready for It
Ahead of the 2020 election, “American voters will be adrift in a fog of disinformation, uncertain whether to believe anything they read or hear. As a result, there is likely to be an even more fractured electorate shaping American society for the next four years, and perhaps well beyond” (Vera Zakem, 2020).
Re-examining the Terms of Aid
This report examines the implementation gaps in fragile state development "and how development partnerships can better support fragile states to build state functions, deliver on their citizens’ expectations, and transition from fragility to self-reliance" (Institute for State Effectiveness, 2020).
How Democracy Won the World’s First Coronavirus Election
In the midst of a global pandemic, “South Korea has drawn on its strengths as a liberal society to address the public health crisis — and this week its people doubled-down on democracy by turning out in droves to re-elect its leadership” (John Delury, 2020).
Will This Public Health Crisis Lead to a Voting Rights Crisis?
Moyers interviews journalist David Daley, who states that we are seeing an “intense politicization of democracy and voting rights itself. And that plays against a background of this last decade and longer, what has become extreme minority rule in this country” (Moyers and Daley, 2020).
Europe Poised to Repeat Austerity Mistakes in Coronavirus Response
“The European Union is ill suited for crisis...it’s all happening again over Covid-19, this time amplified by fear and death on a continent struggling with half of the world’s 1.4 million confirmed cases” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
Coronavirus Tests Europe’s Cohesion, Alliances and Even Democracy
“With the rapid spread of the virus, Brussels is fumbling, nations are diverging, populists are salivating and the U.S. is erecting barriers against allies” (Steven Erlanger, 2020).
The Future of Democracy in Europe
This report argues that “the crisis of liberal democracy cannot be blamed on the development and prevalence of digital technology...rather, the crisis has deeper causes about which there is little consensus, with views dependent on normative assumptions about democracy that are ultimately political” (Kundani, 2020).
How people around the world see democracy in 8 charts
8 charts “show how people around the world see the state of democracy in their country” based on a report finding “people around the world are widely dissatisfied with democracy in their country and believe that elected officials don’t care what people like them think” (Connaughton, Kent, and Schumacher, 2020).
Rethinking global governance
“Institutional reform and change are easier said than done… governments cannot do it on their own….This publication … includes perspectives and recommendations from ‘unusual suspects’ including think tankers, academics, activists, journalists and representatives of the private sector” (Islam 2020).
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