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  • By Ignacio E. Hutin
  • 05-14-2025

Putin and Victory Day: Everyone Else Is a Nazi

What does a bombed Ukraine matter, or Russian political prisoners? What do the tortured, the dead, the disappeared, the repressed, the violated matter? What does the present matter, if today, in this Red Square, all we have to do is look to the past and see ourselves as heroes in this tale of heroes and villains? What does it matter, if today, in this extraordinary parade, pragmatism prevails? Sitting in the stands and watching the parade means becoming part of that simple, yet effective, narrative that Putin lays out.

  • By Gabriel C. Salvia
  • 04-29-2025

Havel’s Country Is Now a Full Democracy

The hopeful news in the latest Democracy Index is that a country that endured Nazi occupation followed by a long communist dictatorship—the Czech Republic—achieved “Full Democracy” status in 2024. It now ranks among an exclusive group of 25 nations and, along with Estonia, is one of only two countries from the former Eastern Bloc that collapsed between 1989 and 1991 to reach this status.

  • By Gabriel C. Salvia
  • 03-26-2025

What Does It Mean to Defend Human Rights?

The defense of democracy—meaning civil and political liberties—along with economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights, as well as peaceful coexistence, is what defines human rights activism.

  • By Dorothea Krueger
  • 03-25-2025

Egypt’s human rights situation reviewed for the fourth time

A total of 137 delegations presented recommendations to Egypt during the interactive dialogue. However, Argentina was not among them, effectively turning its back on Egyptian civil society and democratic actors who endure systematic human rights violations.

  • By Diana Arévalo
  • 03-14-2025

Ongoing violence: the armed conflict that silences artists and cultural leaders in the Cauca region

According to the Truth Commission, in Colombia art and culture have been tools of resistance, denunciation and testimony, allowing to make visible complex realities of the country. However, instead of being protected, artists and cultural leaders continue to be exposed to violence from armed groups that seek to silence them. In these territories, culture and art are synonymous with hope and become a refuge from a reality marked by fear and uncertainty left by war.

  • By Omer Freixa
  • 03-10-2025

Sudan: Far from peace

While the massacres in Darfur continue unabated, the civil war raging in this northeastern African country is about to enter its second year with no end in sight. The invisibility of the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet remains staggering.

  • By Jacob Mardell
  • 03-05-2025

Partnership Diplomacy in Latin America: Brazil’s Example

Brazil elevated ties with China to the «Comprehensive Strategic» level at the same time as Chile, in 2012. The recent «elevation» to a «community with a shared future» is something of an oddity. Usually countries sign up to a «community with a shared future» while maintaining or elevating a separate partnership level.

  • By Filip Jirouš
  • 01-28-2025

Trump’s Greenland Gambit: Outmaneuvering China in the Arctic

Trump may «buy» Greenland, but not from Denmark. And it is quite likely that Greenlanders will be open to striking a deal with the U.S., if the conditions are favorable and make their political dream come true. Still, the fate of Greenland remains in the hands of the Greenlanders.

  • By Gabriel C. Salvia
  • 01-09-2025

Parliamentary diplomacy: from libertarians to Kirchnerists, seduced by China

Despite the change of government in Argentina and the ideological differences between libertarianism and a communist dictatorship, parliamentary exchanges continue.

  • By Omer Freixa
  • 01-08-2025

A heated year 2024 in Africa

The diversity of the continent offered examples of worsening climate change, armed conflicts and diverse instability but also several calm electoral scenarios.

  • By Ignacio E. Hutin
  • 01-02-2025

Challenges to Democracy and Human Rights in Eastern Europe and Eurasia by 2025

Critical Situations with No Changes in Sight. Potential for Change. Where Things Could Get Worse. Countries to Be Optimistic About.

 
  • By Ignacio E. Hutin
  • 05-14-2025

Putin and Victory Day: Everyone Else Is a Nazi

What does a bombed Ukraine matter, or Russian political prisoners? What do the tortured, the dead, the disappeared, the repressed, the violated matter? What does the present matter, if today, in this Red Square, all we have to do is look to the past and see ourselves as heroes in this tale of heroes and villains? What does it matter, if today, in this extraordinary parade, pragmatism prevails? Sitting in the stands and watching the parade means becoming part of that simple, yet effective, narrative that Putin lays out.

  • By Gabriel C. Salvia
  • 04-29-2025

Havel’s Country Is Now a Full Democracy

The hopeful news in the latest Democracy Index is that a country that endured Nazi occupation followed by a long communist dictatorship—the Czech Republic—achieved “Full Democracy” status in 2024. It now ranks among an exclusive group of 25 nations and, along with Estonia, is one of only two countries from the former Eastern Bloc that collapsed between 1989 and 1991 to reach this status.

  • By Gabriel C. Salvia
  • 03-26-2025

What Does It Mean to Defend Human Rights?

The defense of democracy—meaning civil and political liberties—along with economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights, as well as peaceful coexistence, is what defines human rights activism.

  • By Dorothea Krueger
  • 03-25-2025

Egypt’s human rights situation reviewed for the fourth time

A total of 137 delegations presented recommendations to Egypt during the interactive dialogue. However, Argentina was not among them, effectively turning its back on Egyptian civil society and democratic actors who endure systematic human rights violations.

  • By Diana Arévalo
  • 03-14-2025

Ongoing violence: the armed conflict that silences artists and cultural leaders in the Cauca region

According to the Truth Commission, in Colombia art and culture have been tools of resistance, denunciation and testimony, allowing to make visible complex realities of the country. However, instead of being protected, artists and cultural leaders continue to be exposed to violence from armed groups that seek to silence them. In these territories, culture and art are synonymous with hope and become a refuge from a reality marked by fear and uncertainty left by war.

  • By Omer Freixa
  • 03-10-2025

Sudan: Far from peace

While the massacres in Darfur continue unabated, the civil war raging in this northeastern African country is about to enter its second year with no end in sight. The invisibility of the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet remains staggering.

  • By Jacob Mardell
  • 03-05-2025

Partnership Diplomacy in Latin America: Brazil’s Example

Brazil elevated ties with China to the «Comprehensive Strategic» level at the same time as Chile, in 2012. The recent «elevation» to a «community with a shared future» is something of an oddity. Usually countries sign up to a «community with a shared future» while maintaining or elevating a separate partnership level.

  • By Filip Jirouš
  • 01-28-2025

Trump’s Greenland Gambit: Outmaneuvering China in the Arctic

Trump may «buy» Greenland, but not from Denmark. And it is quite likely that Greenlanders will be open to striking a deal with the U.S., if the conditions are favorable and make their political dream come true. Still, the fate of Greenland remains in the hands of the Greenlanders.

  • By Gabriel C. Salvia
  • 01-09-2025

Parliamentary diplomacy: from libertarians to Kirchnerists, seduced by China

Despite the change of government in Argentina and the ideological differences between libertarianism and a communist dictatorship, parliamentary exchanges continue.

  • By Omer Freixa
  • 01-08-2025

A heated year 2024 in Africa

The diversity of the continent offered examples of worsening climate change, armed conflicts and diverse instability but also several calm electoral scenarios.

  • By Ignacio E. Hutin
  • 01-02-2025

Challenges to Democracy and Human Rights in Eastern Europe and Eurasia by 2025

Critical Situations with No Changes in Sight. Potential for Change. Where Things Could Get Worse. Countries to Be Optimistic About.

 
 
 
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