Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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The world needs to relearn the art and science of ousting dictators. Or get used to the dismal reality that tyranny and anarchy, not democracy, are the world’s most common form of government.
Erdogan looks on track to secure another term as Turkey’s president, despite the struggling economy and his government's flawed response to the earthquake. But the opposition’s resilience in this election suggests there is still life in Turkish democracy.
With the media and judiciary already under attack, the Prime Minister’s main opponent was just banned from Parliament.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort to weaken Israel’s democracy—and the public’s stunning resistance—has unsettled the country.
Unlike the United States, which has three branches of government with shared and separated power, Israel only has two. The only way to contrast parliamentary power is through the judiciary.
Now, with the armed forces temporarily on the defensive, newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has a historic opportunity to reassert civilian control over Brazil’s military.
If the smaller parties in the UK manage to take enough votes away from both Labour and the Tories, they could have a big impact on how much power the next government can wield. But all in all, the socialists might have the most to lose.
The departing president's decision to go abroad divided followers and makes the construction of a cohesive opposition movement all the more difficult.
Attempts to influence the opinions and behavior of a society (or part of it) are, of course, nothing new. And propaganda has always been an indispensable tool in political contests. Today, however, propaganda, post-truth, large-scale dissemination of lies and gaslighting have acquired unusual power and toxicity.
It would be daring of the Opposition to make public service delivery the leitmotif of its general election campaign in 2024. But one thing is for sure: Until and unless the Opposition forges an affirmative agenda that goes beyond attacking Modi and the BJP, its collective post-election analysis in 2024 will look a lot like 2019.