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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 1d

And check out the @carnegieendowment.org Global Protest Tracker for regular highlights and trends: carnegieendowment.org/features/glo...

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 1d

📢Protests make great news, with striking images of marching citizens or burning buildings.

But what happens after attention falls can determine if real change occurs. This Civic Research Network report, edited by @richardyoungs.bsky.social, analyzed these pathways:

In India, the Battle for Free and Fair Elections Begins Long Before Election Day

Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 2d

For decades, India’s elections have been the envy of the democratic world.

But @milanv.bsky.social writes for @thediplomat.com that its electoral system has been tarnished by controversy, weakened institutions, skewed finance rules, and weaponized investigations.

There is a need to fix errors in electoral rolls, ensure an independent Election Commission, transparency in political funding, and guardrails against the weaponization of investigative agencies.

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 5d

Government shutdowns halting public services, like the current one in the U.S., are not common across democracies, Andrew O’Donohue told @foreignpolicy.com

The Stunning Reversal in U.S.-India Relations

Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 7d

Why is Donald Trump turning on his ideological ally Narendra Modi? How is India responding?

Read @newyorker.com's interview with @milanv.bsky.social:

Why is Donald Trump turning on his ideological ally Narendra Modi?

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The TikTok Deal Is America’s White Flag in the Tech War With China

Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 9d

🆕The TikTok deal leaves big national security loopholes. But the Trump administration may collect billions from the transaction.

Is the U.S. president abandoning America’s tech war against China? Read the latest from @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social in @foreignpolicy.com ⬇️

Beijing will still retain considerable influence over the U.S. version of the app.

foreignpolicy.com

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 12d

For more, check out Erin's recent piece with Richard Youngs: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Confronting Backlash Against Europe’s Green Transition

Greenlash is driven by an increasingly diverse set of actors. It is also prompting groups in favor of ambitious climate action to seek more effective strategies.

Why Are French Farmers Protesting Again?

Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 12d

Today, French farmers held a day of protest, driving tractors to Versailles palace. Erin Jones connects protests like this to other recent examples of “greenlash” across Europe in a new short for @carnegieendowment.org:

YouTube video by Carnegie Explains

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 12d

🚨🗣️"Democracy support was beneficial to the U.S.

It wasn't a charity crusade. The U.S. is a safer, stronger, more prosperous country in a more democratic world."

Tom Carothers tells Patrick McQuestion on the @kellogginstitute.bsky.social Global Stage podcast.
‼️Listen:

Global Democracy Series: The Future of US Development and Democracy Promotion with Thomas Carothe...

YouTube video by Kellogg Institute

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Rachel Kleinfeld @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social · 14d

People like me, who have spent a lifetime building credibility, face a real problem when most Americans no longer trust institutions. We need to face the new terms of trust for our expertise to matter. Renée DiResta@noUpside & I wrote this to explain why & how: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies

To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.

Gracious Losers Are a Win for Democracy

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 13d

The election in Malawi kicked off a busy fall on the African continent, with 7 more presidential contests scheduled in 2025.

How can democracy's supporters encourage more gracious concessions? @CarnegieEndow @AfricaCarnegie

‼️Frances Brown and Margot Treadwell offer some ideas here:

Last year was a watershed one for incumbent leaders on the African continent conceding elections graciously. Supporters can draw lessons to support future peaceful transitions.

U.S. Political Interventionism Under Trump

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 14d

🆕Despite promising not to lecture other countries on “how to live,” the Trump admin is intervening frequently and forcefully in other countries' political affairs.

But to what effect? Thomas Carothers and @oliverstuenkel.bsky.social write for @carnegieendowment.org ⬇️

Despite promising not to lecture other countries on “how to live,” the Trump administration is intervening with increasing frequency and force in the political affairs of other countries.

Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 14d

President Chakwera in Malawi has joined a positive trend of incumbent leaders conceding electoral defeat on the African continent.

As Frances Brown and Margot Treadwell wrote for @carnegieendowment.org, gracious losers are a win for democracy.📑⤵️
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies

Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 15d

Reports and op-eds still matter. But public opinion today is shaped by influencers, algorithms, and audiences. Experts risk irrelevance if they don’t adapt.

In their @carnegieendowment.org paper, @noupside.bsky.social and @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social suggest high impact strategies⤵️

To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.

The EU’s Dead-on-Arrival Pact for the Mediterranean

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 19d

The EU’s new Pact for the Mediterranean is dead on arrival, writes @richardyoungs.bsky.social for @carnegieeurope.bsky.social

Will the pared-down, instrumentalized policy even serve the EU's own interests? Read here⤵️

The EU’s new Pact for the Mediterranean aims to reshape the bloc’s relations with its Southern neighborhood. But the initiative lacks concrete measures to address societal divides and the region’s pre...

Confronting Backlash Against Europe’s Green Transition

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Rubén Campos @rubencampos.bsky.social · 19d

At International Day of Democracy event in Brussels #IDDBrussels @richardyoungs.bsky.social from @carnegiedcg.bsky.social and @europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu explaining we are living a renewed activism phase with new civic movements all around the world

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 21d

🪴"Greenlash is driving a reconfiguration of EU-level political alliances and prizing apart the decades-long, mainstream pro-European coalition."

Erin Jones and Richard Youngs break down the drivers of European greenlash and how activists can respond⏬

Greenlash is driven by an increasingly diverse set of actors. It is also prompting groups in favor of ambitious climate action to seek more effective strategies.

Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 22d

🆕U.S. interventionism in European domestic politics is a feature, not a bug, of the new political reality, writes Tom Carothers for @carnegieeurope.bsky.social.

But U.S. democratic erosion could be an opportunity for Europe to reenergize its global purpose.⤵️

America can still stop the cycle of political violence

Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 23d

"Political violence starts spiralling when ordinary people, as opposed to the unstable or disturbed, get in on the act,"
@rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social writes for @financialtimes.com

Reversing course requires swift prosecution, regardless of political affiliation.

[FREE TO READ] Politicians of all stripes must recognise that no one is safe from this scourge

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 23d

Arab leaders are coordinating their responses to the Israeli strike on Qatar at an emergency summit in Doha today.

For @carnegieendowment.org, Sarah Yerkes and other Carnegie scholars explain how the fallout will reshape security dynamics in the Middle East and beyond.

The Widespread Fallout of Israel’s Qatar Strikes

The operation against Hamas in Doha has eliminated the notion that the Middle East can rely on America for protection of its lands.

Brazil’s Historic Conviction

Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 26d

With the conviction of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian democracy has survived its most acute stress test, writes @oliverstuenkel.bsky.social for @foreignpolicy.com.

But challenges remain. The Supreme Court must now step back. And the Trump administration may push back.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/12/b...

Can the country’s democracy heal from the Bolsonaro era while resisting U.S. intimidation?

foreignpolicy.com

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 26d

The Trump administration’s condemnation of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction is just the latest in a string of attacks on judges at home and abroad.

@carnegiedcg.bsky.social’s Thomas Carothers, for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · 26d

🗣️"We could be headed for a cycle of tit-for-tat violence in the U.S. that we haven’t seen, at least in decades."

Dalya Berkowitz tells @politico.com that unless politicians and the public change course, it will be hard to reestablish a norm of nonviolence🔽
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

10 Political Violence Experts on What Comes Next for America

Can America escape the spiral of political violence after Charlie Kirk’s killing?

www.politico.com