Allie Funk of Freedom House Assesses Global Internet Freedom
The Internet's a battle space. I think this year unfortunately we've seen that more than ever with Russia's brazen invasion of Ukraine about how the internet and digital platforms are used to pursue a...
25 Okt 202239min
Jeremi Suri on America's Unfinished Fight for Democracy
Our democracy is an evolving machine. The machine was built by a small group of people who were all men and looked the same. Over time the strength of American society is that it has grown and become ...
18 Okt 202241min
Frank Dikötter on the History of China After Mao
This is a party absolutely determined to maintain a monopoly of power and absolutely determined to crush any attempt by any group to suggest that there ought to be anything like separation of powers. ...
11 Okt 202241min
Larry Diamond on Supporting Democracy in the World and at Home
The world can't wait for us to counter Russian and Chinese disinformation, support democratic struggles abroad, help to stabilize and improve democratic institutions, forge partnerships between our de...
4 Okt 202239min
Lynn Vavreck on the 2020 Election and the Challenge to American Democracy
The people who win get to enact policy and they get to change the world we live in. But we're at this moment where the candidates who lose, if they think that they don't have to abide by election outc...
27 Sep 202235min
Sarah Cook on China's Expanding Global Media Influence
In country after country - we've counted over 130 news outlets of 30 countries that were republishing content that was produced by Chinese state media outlets or the Chinese embassy. So, these state m...
20 Sep 202239min
Constitution Makers on Constitution Making: Hassen Ebrahim on South Africa's Constitution
Back then as a child, when it was normal that we couldn't ride on all buses and sit on all park benches and be allowed to go and watch a movie in a cinema together. Today, our children simply don't kn...
19 Sep 202250min
Simon Usherwood on Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and the Nested Games of British Politics
Politics requires complex and ongoing engagement by all of us. There are lots of elements that hang together. The Brexit process has really highlighted that whatever we decide to do that has knock-on ...
6 Sep 202245min
