A selection of our work and experts featured in print, television, radio, and online.
Laura Thornton on Building Better Democracies on Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson
President Biden hosted the Summit for Democracy last week to help countries around the world oppose authoritarians. While holding a summit of governments is great, should we be focusing on building community and connection instead? Laura Thornton f [...]
Laura Thornton on the Biden Administration’s Summit for Democracy on C-SPAN
Laura Thornton of the Alliance for Securing Democracy talked about the Biden administration’s virtual Summit for Democracy. [...]
David Levine Discusses How to Secure Elections on Votes and Ballots
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined the Votes and Ballots podcast to discuss attacks on public trust in elections and post-election audits. [...]
Laura Thornton on Biden’s Summit for Democracy on DW
Alliance for Securing Democracy Director Laura Thornton joins DW News to talk about the goals of Biden’s Summit for Democracy, who is participating, and the state of global democracy. Copyright: Deutsche Welle [...]
Laura Thornton in The Hill: Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’ Needs To Be Democratized
President Biden’s “Summit for Democracy” begins tomorrow with the laudable aim to reenergize global commitment to democracy during a dangerous period of backsliding and rising authoritarianism. Yet the process — organization, content design, and par [...]
Laura Thornton on the Summit for Democracy and the State of U.S. Democracy on Background Briefing
We begin with the two-day White House Summit for Democracy beginning on Thursday at which 111 nations will meet virtually to discuss the health of democratic governance and the need to bolster global democracies under attack from authoritarian and k [...]
Josh Rudolph on a New Era for U.S. Efforts Against Kleptocracy on Making a Killing
The new US Strategy on Countering Corruption was released hours before the Summit for Democracy and promises to rewrite the rulebook on global anticorruption efforts. Josh Rudolph of the German Marshall Fund joins Casey, Nate and Paul to discuss wh [...]
Etienne Soula on Tracking China’s Efforts to Undermine Democracy on China Uncovered
Olivia Enos interviews Etienne Soula on the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD)'s Authoritarian Interference Tracker. Etienne is a research analyst with the ASD and spearheaded the expansion of the tracker to cover over 150 incidents of Chinese i [...]
Laura Thornton in the Washington Post: Why International Election Observers Would Give Wisconsin A Failing Grade
On Nov. 10, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Republican state lawmakers proposed a hostile takeover of election management in their state. As Johnson told the New York Times, “Unfortunately, I probably don’t expect [Democrats] to follow the rules. And [...]
David Levine in InsideNoVa: Younger Youngkin Voting Case Should Be Referred To Prosecutors
In this month’s election, Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin’s 17-year-old son tried to cast a ballot not once, but twice, despite being too young to vote, according to Fairfax County officials. His failure to cast a ballot not only reinforced the security a [...]
Zack Cooper in Washington Examiner: How to Tame China
The various shortages caused by problems with the global supply chain have provided the latest boost in momentum for an increasingly popular idea in Washington: making the American economy less dependent on China. What policymakers refer to as “sele [...]
David Levine in the Fulcrum: The Biggest Threat to 2021 Elections Is Conflating Election Rigging with Election Vulnerabilities
While cable news and statehouses are focused on the "big lie" following the 2020 presidential election, a more insidious (and immediate) threat awaits the jurisdictions conducting elections this week: the weaponization of real vulnerabilities in ele [...]