Tag: Democracy

A woman reads a newspaper showing the results of the previous day's referendum in favor of rewriting the nation's constitution in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 26. Amid a year of contagion and turmoil, Chileans turned out Sunday to vote overwhelmingly in favor of having a constitutional convention draft a new charter to replace guiding principles imposed four decades ago under the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

Magazine - Columnists

America, the beautiful exception

Dan Hannan · November 9, 2020 5:00 am

Pictured are President Trump, left, and Joe Biden, right.

Massive voter turnout shows that American democracy is strong

Washington Examiner · November 3, 2020 5:00 am

Police official scuffle with pro-democracy protesters during a protest as they occupied the main road in the central business district in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Thailand's government declared a strict new state of emergency for the capital on Thursday, a day after a student-led protest against the country's traditional establishment saw an extraordinary moment in which demonstrators heckled a royal motorcade. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

‘We won’t run away’: Thousands of pro-democracy protesters call for new constitution in Thailand

Spencer Neale · October 15, 2020 11:06 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, accompanied by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, on a reintroduction of a resolution to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

Sen. Lee responds to criticism over democracy tweets: ‘There’s nothing more counter-fascist than a constitutional republic like ours’

Haley Victory Smith · October 8, 2020 7:43 pm

National Security

Belarusian opposition leader faced with Russian arrest warrant denies ties with Kremlin

Abraham Mahshie · October 7, 2020 8:13 pm

Marina Garbuz, 27, a Belarusian in exile in Lithuania protests the illegitimate re-election of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko across the street from the Belarusian Embassy in Vilnius September 23, 2020.

National Security

Belarusians in exile demand democracy: ‘The demand is clear — free and fair elections’

Abraham Mahshie · September 24, 2020 10:00 am

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius told the Washington Examiner that his nation did not choose to be a leader in the pro-democracy effort in Belarus, but it cannot stand idly and watch the human rights violations and oppression across its border.

National Security

Lithuania at unexpected forefront in Belarus democracy push

Abraham Mahshie · September 23, 2020 5:48 pm

US facing a breakdown

Dan Hannan · August 24, 2020 4:00 am

Pompeo condemns Belarus crackdown as Russia ally roiled by ‘unprecedented’ protests

Joel Gehrke · August 11, 2020 6:30 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Beltway Confidential

Belarus is making history. The US should pay close attention

alexis-mrachek · August 9, 2020 4:00 am

White House condemns Hong Kong election delay

Rob Crilly · July 31, 2020 3:58 pm

A student dressed in black gather on the University Mall at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) during a class boycott rally in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.

Chinese Communist Party begins purge of pro-freedom Hong Kong teachers

Anthony Leonardi · July 20, 2020 5:07 pm