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March 19, 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo
What’s Next for the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Start-and-stop diplomacy continues against a backdrop of humanitarian disaster.

M23 rebels stand guard during a meeting at the Stade de l'Unite, after the town of Goma was taken by the M23 rebels, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 6, 2025.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

December 4, 2024

Democracy
Africa’s Democratic Momentum

Contrary to doomsayers, liberal democracy is building up a head of steam on the continent.

Young men prepare a banner of the presidential candidate of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party, Mahamudu Bawumia, ahead of the elections on December 7, in Accra, Ghana on December 2, 2024.
Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

November 7, 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo
Fears of a Constitutional Coup in Democratic Republic of Congo

Attempts to change the constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo only exacerbate existing citizen distrust in government. 

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi waves as he arrives to be sworn in for a second term as a president during the inauguration ceremony in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on January 20, 2024.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

March 27, 2025

Asia
Already Collapsing in Asia, Democracy Could Be Wiped Out by the New World Order

Democracy in Asia is rapidly deteriorating—accelerated by waning international support and democratic backsliding even in the region’s most established systems.

Impeached South Korean president sits in a wood-paneled court room wearing a black suit and maroon tie.
Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

August 16, 2024

United States
Election 2024: The Democratic National Convention Begins on Monday

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Democrats gather in Chicago next week optimistic about their chances in November. 

Democratic National Convention
Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

July 22, 2024

Election 2024
Meet Kamala Harris, Democratic Presidential Candidate

Vice President Kamala Harris is seeking the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination in the wake of Joe Biden's exit from the race.

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Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

August 7, 2024

Election 2024
Meet Tim Walz, Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate

The Minnesota governor is Kamala Harris’s choice to be her running mate in the 2024 presidential election.

Vice-Presidential nominee
Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

July 26, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Kamala Harris Is the Democratic Presidential Nominee

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Kamala Harris is seeking to become the first sitting vice president since George H. W. Bush to be e…

Kamala Harris Campaign Event
Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 4, 2024

Chad
Chad’s “Democratic” Transition

In assessing Chad’s upcoming elections, the junta’s actions should speak louder than their words.    

Delegates wait for Chad’s transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby to arrive ahead of an inauguration meeting of a coalition of parties for his candidacy for the presidential election set for May, in N'Djamena, Chad on March 2, 2024.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

September 18, 2023

Democracy
A Democratic Inquest

Pervasive despondency about democracy in Africa urges the imperative to strengthen democratic institutions and practices.  

A large group of protesters in Nigeria raise their hands in a fist formation on Democracy Day.
Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition