Arch Puddington
Biographic Data
| ID | 1162481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arch Puddington |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arch |
| FAMILY NAME | Puddington |
| SIGNATURE | PUDDINGTON A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Dual Threat of Populists and Autocrats
The latest edition of Freedom in the World finds that countries suffering declines in political rights and civil liberties outnumbered those with gains for an 11th consecutive year in 2016. Populist and nationalist political forces made astonishing gains in democratic states, while authoritarian powers engaged in brazen acts of aggression, and grave atrocities went unanswered in war zones across two continents. These developments point to a growi…
Anxious Dictators, Wavering Democrats
In 2015, the tenth consecutive year of decline in global freedom, the world was battered by overlapping crises, spurring harsh authoritarian crackdowns and revealing the leading democracies’ lack of conviction
A Return to the Iron Fist
A Return to the Iron Fist Arch Puddington (bio) In a year marked by an explosion of terrorist violence, autocrats’ use of more brutal tactics, and Russia’s invasion and annexation of a neighboring country’s territory, the state of freedom in 2014 worsened significantly in nearly every part of the world. For the ninth consecutive year, Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s annual report on the condition of global political rights and civil liberti…
The Democratic Leadership Gap
For the eighth consecutive year, Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s annual report on the condition of global political rights and civil liberties, showed a global decline in freedom. While the overall level of regression was not severe, the countries experiencing setbacks included a worrying number of strategically or economically significant states whose political trajectories influence developments well beyond their borders
Breakthroughs in the Balance
In Freedom House’s annual report on political rights and civil liberties for 2012, the number of countries exhibiting gains, 16, lagged behind the number with declines, 28. The most noteworthy gains were in Egypt, Libya, Burma, and Côte d’Ivoire. While the Middle East experienced some of the most significant improvements, it also registered major declines, with a list of worsening countries that includes Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Syria…
The Year of the Arab Uprisings
The political uprisings that swept across the Arab world over the past year represent the most significant challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse of Soviet communism. In a region that had seemed immune to democratic change, coalitions of activist reformers and ordinary citizens succeeded in removing dictators who had spent decades in power. Yet the continued pattern of global democratic backsliding—especially in such critical areas as…
Democracy Under Duress
Freedom in the World 2011 , the latest edition of Freedom House's annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties, showed that conditions worsened for the fifth consecutive year. The multiyear spate of backsliding is the longest of its kind since Freedom in the World was first published in 1972. The number of countries exhibiting declines for the past year (25), was substantially higher than the number showing gains (11). The number …
The Freedom House Survey for 2009: The Erosion Accelerates
In a year of intensified repression against human-rights defenders and democratic activists by many of the world's most powerful authoritarian regimes, Freedom House found a continued erosion of freedom worldwide, with setbacks in Latin America, Africa, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. For the fourth consecutive year, declines trumped gains, creating the longest continuous period of deterioration in the nearly forty-year history of F…
The 2008 Freedom House Survey: A Third Year of Decline
Although 2008 was marked by democratic setbacks as well as authoritarian "pushback" against reformers, democracy remains the only system of government that commands global respect
Is the Tide Turning
Freedom appeared in a state of decline during 2007, according to the authoritative Freedom in the World survey issued annually by Freedom House. The most significant development was the decline in freedom in a number of strategically significant countries: Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Venezuela. Globally, many countries showed evidence of problems with freedom of association, rule of law, effective governa…
The Pushback Against Democracy
Freedom appeared in a state of stagnation during 2006, according to Freedom House's annual Freedom in the World survey. The most significant development was the decline in freedom in Asia and continued poor performance in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Globally, many countries showed evidence of problems with press freedom, rule of law, and corruption. Freedom House also pointed to a growing "pushback" against democracy in such countries as …
Progress in the Middle East
A modest but potentially significant increase in human rights and democratic freedoms in the countries of the Arab Middle East was the most notable development in the state of world freedom during 2005. This is the principal finding of Freedom in the World 2006, the index of global political rights and civil liberties issued annually by Freedom House. Globally, the state of freedom worldwide showed a slight net improvement from 2004 to 2005. An a…
Worrisome Signs, Modest Shifts
This essay presents the findings of the 2004 Freedom House survey of Freedom in the World. The essay examines broad trends in political rights and civil liberties and finds 19 Free countries, 54 states are rated as Partly Free and 49 are rated as Not Free, with the widespread absence of liberties. Also, 199 countries now qualify as electoral democracies, which is two more than in 2003. This essay correlates levels of freedom with economic develop…
The Voice of America and the Domestic Propaganda Battles, 1945-1953
Journal Article The Voice of America and the Domestic Propaganda Battles, 1945–1953. By David F. Krugler and Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. By Arch Puddington Get access Christopher Simpson Christopher Simpson American UniversityWashington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 3, December 2001, Pages 1154–1155…
Gains Offset Losses
The 2000 Freedom House Survey. Promising advances in the status of freedom in the world during the past year have been matched by significant disappointments
Failed Utopias: Methods of Coercion in Communist Regimes
The Pushback Against Democracy
Freedom appeared in a state of stagnation during 2006, according to Freedom House's annual Freedom in the World survey. The most significant development was the decline in freedom in Asia and continued poor performance in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Globally, many countries showed evidence of problems with press freedom, rule of law, and corruption. Freedom House also pointed to a growing "pushback" against democracy in such countries as …
The Dual Threat of Populists and Autocrats
The latest edition of Freedom in the World finds that countries suffering declines in political rights and civil liberties outnumbered those with gains for an 11th consecutive year in 2016. Populist and nationalist political forces made astonishing gains in democratic states, while authoritarian powers engaged in brazen acts of aggression, and grave atrocities went unanswered in war zones across two continents. These developments point to a growi…
The Freedom House Survey for 2009: The Erosion Accelerates
In a year of intensified repression against human-rights defenders and democratic activists by many of the world's most powerful authoritarian regimes, Freedom House found a continued erosion of freedom worldwide, with setbacks in Latin America, Africa, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. For the fourth consecutive year, declines trumped gains, creating the longest continuous period of deterioration in the nearly forty-year history of F…
The 2008 Freedom House Survey: A Third Year of Decline
Although 2008 was marked by democratic setbacks as well as authoritarian "pushback" against reformers, democracy remains the only system of government that commands global respect
Is the Tide Turning
Freedom appeared in a state of decline during 2007, according to the authoritative Freedom in the World survey issued annually by Freedom House. The most significant development was the decline in freedom in a number of strategically significant countries: Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Venezuela. Globally, many countries showed evidence of problems with freedom of association, rule of law, effective governa…
Anxious Dictators, Wavering Democrats
In 2015, the tenth consecutive year of decline in global freedom, the world was battered by overlapping crises, spurring harsh authoritarian crackdowns and revealing the leading democracies’ lack of conviction
Democracy Under Duress
Freedom in the World 2011 , the latest edition of Freedom House's annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties, showed that conditions worsened for the fifth consecutive year. The multiyear spate of backsliding is the longest of its kind since Freedom in the World was first published in 1972. The number of countries exhibiting declines for the past year (25), was substantially higher than the number showing gains (11). The number …
Worrisome Signs, Modest Shifts
This essay presents the findings of the 2004 Freedom House survey of Freedom in the World. The essay examines broad trends in political rights and civil liberties and finds 19 Free countries, 54 states are rated as Partly Free and 49 are rated as Not Free, with the widespread absence of liberties. Also, 199 countries now qualify as electoral democracies, which is two more than in 2003. This essay correlates levels of freedom with economic develop…
Breakthroughs in the Balance
In Freedom House’s annual report on political rights and civil liberties for 2012, the number of countries exhibiting gains, 16, lagged behind the number with declines, 28. The most noteworthy gains were in Egypt, Libya, Burma, and Côte d’Ivoire. While the Middle East experienced some of the most significant improvements, it also registered major declines, with a list of worsening countries that includes Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Syria…
The Year of the Arab Uprisings
The political uprisings that swept across the Arab world over the past year represent the most significant challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse of Soviet communism. In a region that had seemed immune to democratic change, coalitions of activist reformers and ordinary citizens succeeded in removing dictators who had spent decades in power. Yet the continued pattern of global democratic backsliding—especially in such critical areas as…
A Return to the Iron Fist
A Return to the Iron Fist Arch Puddington (bio) In a year marked by an explosion of terrorist violence, autocrats’ use of more brutal tactics, and Russia’s invasion and annexation of a neighboring country’s territory, the state of freedom in 2014 worsened significantly in nearly every part of the world. For the ninth consecutive year, Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s annual report on the condition of global political rights and civil liberti…
The Democratic Leadership Gap
For the eighth consecutive year, Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s annual report on the condition of global political rights and civil liberties, showed a global decline in freedom. While the overall level of regression was not severe, the countries experiencing setbacks included a worrying number of strategically or economically significant states whose political trajectories influence developments well beyond their borders
Progress in the Middle East
A modest but potentially significant increase in human rights and democratic freedoms in the countries of the Arab Middle East was the most notable development in the state of world freedom during 2005. This is the principal finding of Freedom in the World 2006, the index of global political rights and civil liberties issued annually by Freedom House. Globally, the state of freedom worldwide showed a slight net improvement from 2004 to 2005. An a…
Gains Offset Losses
The 2000 Freedom House Survey. Promising advances in the status of freedom in the world during the past year have been matched by significant disappointments
The Voice of America and the Domestic Propaganda Battles, 1945-1953
Journal Article The Voice of America and the Domestic Propaganda Battles, 1945–1953. By David F. Krugler and Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. By Arch Puddington Get access Christopher Simpson Christopher Simpson American UniversityWashington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 3, December 2001, Pages 1154–1155…
Failed Utopias: Methods of Coercion in Communist Regimes
The Voice of America and the Domestic Propaganda Battles, 1945-1953
Journal Article The Voice of America and the Domestic Propaganda Battles, 1945–1953. By David F. Krugler and Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. By Arch Puddington Get access Christopher Simpson Christopher Simpson American UniversityWashington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 3, December 2001, Pages 1154–1155…
Gains Offset Losses
The 2000 Freedom House Survey. Promising advances in the status of freedom in the world during the past year have been matched by significant disappointments
Worrisome Signs, Modest Shifts
This essay presents the findings of the 2004 Freedom House survey of Freedom in the World. The essay examines broad trends in political rights and civil liberties and finds 19 Free countries, 54 states are rated as Partly Free and 49 are rated as Not Free, with the widespread absence of liberties. Also, 199 countries now qualify as electoral democracies, which is two more than in 2003. This essay correlates levels of freedom with economic develop…
Progress in the Middle East
A modest but potentially significant increase in human rights and democratic freedoms in the countries of the Arab Middle East was the most notable development in the state of world freedom during 2005. This is the principal finding of Freedom in the World 2006, the index of global political rights and civil liberties issued annually by Freedom House. Globally, the state of freedom worldwide showed a slight net improvement from 2004 to 2005. An a…
The Pushback Against Democracy
Freedom appeared in a state of stagnation during 2006, according to Freedom House's annual Freedom in the World survey. The most significant development was the decline in freedom in Asia and continued poor performance in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Globally, many countries showed evidence of problems with press freedom, rule of law, and corruption. Freedom House also pointed to a growing "pushback" against democracy in such countries as …
Is the Tide Turning
Freedom appeared in a state of decline during 2007, according to the authoritative Freedom in the World survey issued annually by Freedom House. The most significant development was the decline in freedom in a number of strategically significant countries: Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Venezuela. Globally, many countries showed evidence of problems with freedom of association, rule of law, effective governa…
The 2008 Freedom House Survey: A Third Year of Decline
Although 2008 was marked by democratic setbacks as well as authoritarian "pushback" against reformers, democracy remains the only system of government that commands global respect
The Freedom House Survey for 2009: The Erosion Accelerates
In a year of intensified repression against human-rights defenders and democratic activists by many of the world's most powerful authoritarian regimes, Freedom House found a continued erosion of freedom worldwide, with setbacks in Latin America, Africa, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. For the fourth consecutive year, declines trumped gains, creating the longest continuous period of deterioration in the nearly forty-year history of F…
Democracy Under Duress
Freedom in the World 2011 , the latest edition of Freedom House's annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties, showed that conditions worsened for the fifth consecutive year. The multiyear spate of backsliding is the longest of its kind since Freedom in the World was first published in 1972. The number of countries exhibiting declines for the past year (25), was substantially higher than the number showing gains (11). The number …
The Year of the Arab Uprisings
The political uprisings that swept across the Arab world over the past year represent the most significant challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse of Soviet communism. In a region that had seemed immune to democratic change, coalitions of activist reformers and ordinary citizens succeeded in removing dictators who had spent decades in power. Yet the continued pattern of global democratic backsliding—especially in such critical areas as…
Breakthroughs in the Balance
In Freedom House’s annual report on political rights and civil liberties for 2012, the number of countries exhibiting gains, 16, lagged behind the number with declines, 28. The most noteworthy gains were in Egypt, Libya, Burma, and Côte d’Ivoire. While the Middle East experienced some of the most significant improvements, it also registered major declines, with a list of worsening countries that includes Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Syria…
The Democratic Leadership Gap
For the eighth consecutive year, Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s annual report on the condition of global political rights and civil liberties, showed a global decline in freedom. While the overall level of regression was not severe, the countries experiencing setbacks included a worrying number of strategically or economically significant states whose political trajectories influence developments well beyond their borders
A Return to the Iron Fist
A Return to the Iron Fist Arch Puddington (bio) In a year marked by an explosion of terrorist violence, autocrats’ use of more brutal tactics, and Russia’s invasion and annexation of a neighboring country’s territory, the state of freedom in 2014 worsened significantly in nearly every part of the world. For the ninth consecutive year, Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s annual report on the condition of global political rights and civil liberti…
Anxious Dictators, Wavering Democrats
In 2015, the tenth consecutive year of decline in global freedom, the world was battered by overlapping crises, spurring harsh authoritarian crackdowns and revealing the leading democracies’ lack of conviction
The Dual Threat of Populists and Autocrats
The latest edition of Freedom in the World finds that countries suffering declines in political rights and civil liberties outnumbered those with gains for an 11th consecutive year in 2016. Populist and nationalist political forces made astonishing gains in democratic states, while authoritarian powers engaged in brazen acts of aggression, and grave atrocities went unanswered in war zones across two continents. These developments point to a growi…
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