Freedom in the World 2021 | freedom house 2019
TheshiftinginternationalbalanceOverthepastyear,oppressiveandoftenviolentauthoritarianforcestippedtheinternationalorderintheirfavortimeandagain,exploitingboththeadvantagesofnondemocraticsystemsandtheweaknessesinailingdemocracies.Inavarietyofenvironments,flickersofhopewereextinguished,contributingtoanewglobalstatusquoinwhichactsofrepressionwentunpunishedanddemocracy’sadvocateswereincreasinglyisolated.TheChineseCommunistParty(CCP),facedwiththedangerthatitsauthoritariansystemwouldbeblamedforcove...
The shifting international balanceOver the past year, oppressive and often violent authoritarian forces tipped the international order in their favor time and again, exploiting both the advantages of nondemocratic systems and the weaknesses in ailing democracies. In a variety of environments, flickers of hope were extinguished, contributing to a new global status quo in which acts of repression went unpunished and democracy’s advocates were increasingly isolated.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), faced with the danger that its authoritarian system would be blamed for covering up and thus exacerbating the COVID-19 pandemic, worked hard to convert the risk into an opportunity to exert influence. It provided medical supplies to countries that were hit hard by the virus, but it often portrayed sales as donations and orchestrated propaganda events with economically dependent recipient governments. Beijing sometimes sought to shift blame to the very countries it claimed to be ...
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Freedom in the World
Countries designated "electoral democracies" in Freedom House's Freedom in the World 2020 survey, covering the year 2019. Freedom in the World is a yearly ...