How did Kyrgyzstan become a standard-bearer in adopting Kremlin-inspired tactics – like the just-passed “foreign representatives” bill – to suppress civil society?

Why did bill to stem ‘foreign influence’ trigger protests in Georgia over country ... "The proposed legislation would limit the capacity of civil society and media organizations to operate ...

Their resilience, as Ukraine has demonstrated amid a full-scale invasion, depends on the potential of civil society. In May 2024, the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, echoed with the voices of ...

But environmental civil society from the MENA region faces unique challenges to achieve that influence at COP, even though the conference is in the Middle East for the second year in a row. Although ...

Civil society organisations (CSOs) and the media played a dominant role in Ghana’s anti-corruption landscape in 2024. They provided investigative oversight, public education, and citizen mobilisation, ...

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has frequently accused critical civil society groups, independent media and judicial reform advocates of serving foreign interests, and his combative rhetoric has ...

How should U.S. and Western civil society stakeholders collaborate with their respective governments in managing China’s media machinery? Civil society can help lawmakers and regulators unpack ...

The government of Azerbaijan is carrying out an intense crackdown of civil-society organizations and nonstate media in what Baku says is a bid to stop "foreign forces" from undermining the South ...

Civil society and media are essential in applying pressure and keeping governments honest and accountable (see here and here). Specifically, freedom of association, including the ability of people to ...