News, research, and discussion about the Opposition, the measure of democracy
The United States Institute for Peace has just published a significant article on the composition of the opposition to the military junta in Myanmar. Kudos to Billy Ford, a USIP…
anfrel.org/let-ge15-be-the-dawn-of-a-new-day-for-democracy-in-malaysia/ Positive advice for the Opposition as to issues they need to hold government to account; and, public expectations as to parliamentary productivity, after two years of uncertainty. Key takeaway:…
Bravo to Canadian Foreign Minister Hon. Melanie Joly for positive step towards international support for a fair and level political playing field in Belarus. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-announces-new-sanctions-on-belarus-as-opposition-leader-visits-ottawa-1.6163307
An arc stretches from Bangladesh through Malaysia and Indonesia to Mindanao in the Philippines. Within that arc, there is now playing out politically the relative strengths of ethnic nationalism, Islamic…
Nikkei Asia today 12/11/22 is running a Special Edition on GE15 that will help readers trying to figure out who’s who and what’s a stake. It’s accessible, fair and with…
Kevin Casos-Zamora, Secretary General of IDEA International, correctly calls on Australia to more for democracy in Asia. He points out the valuable role of “secondary contributors” such as civil society,…
One close Bolsonaro ally, lawmaker Carla Zambelli, in an apparent nod to the results, wrote on Twitter, “I PROMISE you, I will be the greatest opposition that Lula has ever…
“What made them defy the odds? What does the BNP want to achieve through such mass mobilisation? What message do they want to give to the Awami League? Answers to…
The WEDF, an online three day conference, bills itself as all about the use and future of data. It certainly covers a lot of technical, policy, and philosophical territory. Most…
The linked Wired story about Wikipedia’s 21-year-old struggle against state-sponsored disinformation provides valuable background to the question of campaigns against opposition parties, though not addressing it directly. Most disinformation campaigns…
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