... guess… I would just say that small numbers in this case can have an out-sized impact”.
US President Joe Biden acknowledged his own country’s vulnerabilities as he hosted a virtual Summit for Democracy in December 2021. For the first time, the USA was labeled a “backsliding democracy” in a 2021 report released in November by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. This label was mainly due to the 2020 elections results being challenged, which
culminated
in the storming of the US Capitol building ...
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... out the fire started by the “fab four,” but is seeking to fan the flames with inflammatory tweets and acerbic comments during press appearances. The president probably understands the collateral damage that comes with such statements, such as accusations of racism and sexism, and considers them acceptable costs in the struggle to hold onto his electoral base. Personal animosity is also an important factor. The far left represents everything Donald Trump hated and derided back when he worked as ...
Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev tells Christiane Amanpour why he thinks the Mueller investigation was biased and "not a fair approach."
Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev tells Christiane Amanpour why he thinks the Mueller investigation was biased and "not a fair approach
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Protectionism – the New Norm of International Trade
A side effect of any trade war is protectionism, which is particularly pronounced during a period of structural transformation or the transition to a new stage of development in economic competition. And we are not just talking about economic transformations here, but also social transformations – imbalances in the economy lead to social disruptions and failures on the labour market, and the national or supranational government must respond to...
... background of an unprecedented campaign launched by the United States in late 2016 regarding “Russian interference” in the U.S. elections. There are regular calls in Congress for Russia to be punished, through sanctions, for undermining American democracy. Russia is being blamed for nothing more and nothing less than threatening American statehood.
The theory about Russia interfering in the U.S. elections should not be downplayed or dismissed out of hand. Moscow simply cannot understand why ...
Building Peace, Democracy and Regional Stability
Building Peace, Democracy and Regional Stability
A thorny road to democracy
Ukraine has entered a new stage in its long and so far uncompleted democratization process, searching once again for a balanced model of governance ...
... said, familiar as I am with your erudition on our country and given the attention you pay in your letter to the situation in Russia, I wish to touch upon an intrinsically Russian thread.
Americans have always imparted essential meaning to the issue of democracy. Democracy in itself is perceived as a value in the United States.
In Russia we respect the values
that Americans hold dear. Moreover, you are unlikely to find in Russia an assured and stable majority that would oppose the idea of
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... called this part of Barack Obama’s Cleveland speech a “totalitarian impulse” by the president and a sign of the USA’s slide towards “fascist” states. This is possibly what caused White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest ... ... president “had not made any specific or legislative initiative”. It would seem that nowadays the “benchmark” democracy needs to be amended.
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. Fowler A., ‘Electoral and Policy Consequences of Voter Turnout: Evidence from Compulsory ...
Kazushige Kobayashi is a doctoral student in International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Switzerland, and a research fellow with the Europe-Asia Programme at the Balkan Security Agenda in Serbia. He holds Bachelor of Economics from Tohoku University in Japan, Master in International Affairs from the Geneva Graduate Institute, and has also studied at University of California at Davis and Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
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