Leaders from around the world are gathering (virtually) this week for President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy
). Those responsible for these attacks are rarely brought to justice. The result is a climate of violence and impunity that is antithetical to democratic participation and the rule of law.
An official holds up a ballot at a polling station in Istanbul in June 2019. Voters re-voted in a mayoral election after a March vote was voided for procedural irregularities. | Emrah Gurel/AP PhotoAslı Aydıntasbas is a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Finally, the U.S. cannot replace the Europeans on this matter. But it seems the EU has long given up on Turkey’s democracy. Getting the Europeans to engage seriously with Erdogan, such as on enforcing European Court of Human Rights decisions on the
The best support the U.S. can provide to democracy in Ukraine, as well as in the world, would be blocking the flow of illicit funds through Western shell companies and forbidding kleptocrats, oligarchs and their associates from traveling to Western countries or accessing their financial systems. The U.S. can do this in two main ways.
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