Author: Edward Lucas | Journal of Democracy

Edward Lucas is senior nonresident fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis and an aspiring Liberal Democrat member of the U.K. Parliament. His books include The New Cold War: Putin’s Russia and the Threat to the West (2008), Deception: The Untold Story of East-West Espionage Today (2012), and Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security, and the Internet (2015).

January 2022, Volume 33, Issue 1

How Autocrats Undermine Media Freedom

Edward Lucas

Information is being weaponized against democracy. Democratic societies need new ways to keep media free, accurate, and authentic.

Defending Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power

William J. Dobson
Tarek Masoud
Christopher Walker

Explores how authoritarian regimes are deploying “sharp power” to undermine democracies from within by weaponizing universities, institutions, media, technology, and entertainment industries.