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…freezes for foreign officials who are personally involved in egregious human rights violations. To the free world: All democratic governments should make support for civil society in authoritarian and illiberal environments a bigger priority. This is espe- cially urgent given th...

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… retrograde electoral abus- es vary from country to country, but authoritarians may feel emboldened to drop their quasi-democratic camouflage due to the lack of diplomatic repercus- sions for such actions. The European Union and the United States have criticized Belarus as “Europ...

… lewd and lascivious mo- estation. They contend that Epstein — friend of the rich and fatuous and financial pa- tron of Democratic Party or- ganizations and candidates— committed those acts with five underage girls. In the past week, New York Attorney General and gubernatorial ca...

…arty organizational issues, including the election of party leadership, and discussion around Republican conference and Democratic caucusrules and the makeup of the Steering Committee, which will determine committee assignments. The leadership of the chamber will be decided in cl...

… and the vice chairman of its new party, who met with Mr. Walles. “And we are keen and eager to say that we respect the democratic process and the rights of all people according to the Constitution and the law.” Administration officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity t...

Democratic flavor-of-the day candidate. The media and political class will predetermine irrelevance otherwise. A Democrat-leaning candidate would have to top the ideal third-party ticket. We need someone with a shot at snaking a plurality of the vote in the blue states Hillary...

…nominating process to select a candidate? (Why do Iowa and New Hampshire play such outsized roles? What kind of small-d democratic process relies on superdelegates?) The system failed in 2016, with both parties producing terribly flawed candidates in a race to the bottom. We need...

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…ates’ standing in public opinion in Egypt and around the region continues to suffer because of decades of support for undemocratic governments like the military-backed system that controlled Egypt under Mr. Mubarak. Remaining aloof from the debate over the military’s future role...

…our institutions and our own solidarity against Chinese divide-and-conquer tactics. Defending the integrity of American democratic institutions requires standing up for our principles of openness and freedom, more closely coordinating responses within institutional sectors, and a...

… all, 105 countries suffered net declines, while 61 showed some mea- sure of improvement. The decade marked the longest democratic slump of its kind in more than 40 years of Freedom House analysis.’ The decade of decline has been principally character- ized by a steady erosion o...

…rovide long term stability in the region; the idealists are wrong that the fall of the old despots will lead to liberal democratic states. Americans have been getting foreign revolutions wrong for more than 200 years. It began with the French Revolution. Enthusiasts like Thomas J...

…d votes to vali- date their rule, but they also recognize the risk involved, as elections remain a potent instrument of democratic renewal even in deeply troubled societies. The events of late 2014 and 2015 include vivid re- minders of the power of the ballot. In Nigeria, Africa...

…ir party is in disagreement with the American-Jewish community,” said David A. Harris, president of the National Jewish Democratic Council, a group of Jewish-American Democratic activists. Mr. Netanyahu on Monday experienced first-hand the tension arising from that complaint amo...