Zoltan Barany

“Within the Revolution, everything.” argued President on the 60th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s framing of his policies toward intellectuals, “means that the only topic that is not up for discussion is the Revolution.

Burma’s democratic resistance has made impressive gains against the country’s corrupt junta. But they need help from the world’s democracies if they are to succeed and create an enduring peace. By Damon Wilson December 2024 Last November, I argued that Burma’s prodemocracy forces could win against the country’s embattled military regime. A coordinated offensive has since liberated territory across the nation, confining the military regime to administering less than 40 percent of the country.

Beijing is bent on curbing democratic freedoms and imposing totalitarianism at home and abroad. Increasingly, the People’s Republic is launching democracy-subversion campaigns masked as development aid in the Global South. Zoltan Barany dissects China’s influence operations in the October issue of the Journal of Democracy, and offers ways for even fragile democracies to combat autocratic influence. The PRC aims to make the world safe for authoritarianism.