Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto does groundbreaking work about the abuse on the internet and in private communication links of private communications among the media, activists, and Opposition political figures. Much effort has gone into exposing the deployment of the Pegasus software infestation to spy on individuals deemed as threats by established political… Read More Pegasus attack hacks on Opposition figures: Mexico and Beyond – the Fight against the Crack Cocaine of Spying

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa Named Chair of World Movement for Democracy The World Movement for Democracy focuses on the media and journalists. It is up to Opposition party activists to make the case they face the same, indeed, greater challenges from state, private, and police agencies. The media report important stories: the Opposition… Read More Maria Ressa to head NED’s civil society flagship, World Movement for Democracy

The mothership, The Journal of Democracy, reminds its readers that 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of Steven Levitsky and Lucian A.Way’s important series Elections without Democracy dealing with the rise of competitive authoritarianism. For the student of opposition parties, their lesson is a bit different than intended. In short, power is a competitive pursuit with… Read More Competitive Authoritarianism: Levitsky and Way 20th Anniversary. A Lesson for the Loyal Opposition

The Myanmar junta has manipulated the pliable court system to convict Australian academic Sean Turnell of violating the Official Secrets Act by doing basic research. Democracy and the rights of the Opposition are only an aspiration in Myanmar. A vengeful, disorganized military lurches from one self-seeking repressive action to the next. The state has little… Read More Myanmar Junta’s Persecution of Opposition Research: the end of a national moral authority

Foreign Policy magazine has reprinted several of its better articles exploring the topic. In my experience each electoral contest produces at least one surprise. For example, an issue that takes on unexpected prominence. A leader emerges who speaks for a new group of people or concern. These mutations if you will can determine the election… Read More NGOs and Democracy

Actual Legislative Change Happens when Opposition and Civil Society Work Together — It Helps Government, Too. Actual Legislative Change Happens when Opposition and Civil Society Work Together — It Helps Government, Too. — Read on opposition.international/

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Thailand’s Supreme Court has ruled that General Prayuth could return to being the Prime Minister after a legal challenge as to when his 8 year tenure was completed. A drama but not a serious challenge rather a feint parried with relative ease. The Opposition parties will face an incumbent Prime Minister whose powers will be… Read More Setting the stage for the Thai elections

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Owen Lippert (Ph.D.) Director, Opposition International Since a United Nations Assembly Declaration in 2007, the world has celebrated September 15th as International Day of Democracy. Canada, one of the oldest full franchise democracies, has just cause to celebrate and take a bow. It is also time to ask what Canada is doing to promote democracy… Read More Canada and International Day of Democracy 2022: “If not now, when?”