Nations in Transit 2021. The antidemocratic Turn
This report examines how attacks on democratic institutions are spreading faster than ever in Europe and Eurasia, and coalescing into…
Theme: Civic Space
Reversing the Tide: Towards a new US strategy to support democracy and counter authoritarianism
This report is both a call to action for US leadership and a roadmap for a practical, bipartisan path forward.…
Democratic Crisis in Hong Kong: Recommendations for Policymakers
This report analyses Freedom House’s tracking of the sharp democratic decline in Hong Kong over the last decade, alongside increasing…
Democracy under Lockdown: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Struggle for Freedom
Based on a survey of 398 journalists, civil society workers, activists, and other experts as well as research on 192…
From Crisis to Reform: A Call to Strengthen America’s Battered Democracy
This report examines how the ailments afflicting politics and governance in the United States have undercut its resilience in face…
False Panacea: Abusive Surveillance in the Name of Public Health
This article analyses how the public health crisis is laying a dangerous foundation for the future surveillance state. The pandemic…
Changement climatique : pour des jeunes leaders acteurs et actrices du changement
This training is conducted by the Forum of Federations and its partner the Observatory for the Rights of the Child…
Dealing with Territorial Cleavages: The Rise and Fall of Ukraine’s Faustian Bargain: Number 40
This Occasional Paper explores efforts in Ukraine to create a constitutional system that accommodates the country’s stark regional differences. The…
COVID and Federalism: Taking the Temperature in 2022
This podcast explores how federal responses to COVID-19 have changed over the course of the crisis in Latin American, European,…
Devolution and COVID-19: Italy: did the virus infect the regional system?
This paper addresses how Italy, the first European country to get hit by the COVID crisis, responded to the crisis…