Tomás Daly

LAUNCH - NEW DEMOCRACY RESEARCH HUB 🚀 In 2018 we launched Democratic Decay & Renewal (DEM-DEC) to track democratic trends worldwide. 2 things are clear: negative trends get the most attention; and navigating the noisy space of democracy research can be bewildering.

You can read our tribute to Julius and his work here: elgaronline.com/view/journals/…

Dedicating my first ever watercolour to Julius- I tried to capture his mix of calm demeanour, hilarious dry sense of humour, bright spirit and the long road he travelled in a short life, from HK to Chicago, Oxford to Australia, and so many places in between. He was one of a kind.

2024 was a very busy and mixed year, but more than anything it will always be the year that we lost our dear friend Julius Yam. Thinking of you my friend and wish you could be here with us still. #friends #2024

Congratulations again to you Tarun, @DineshaSam and Swati - and all the authors - on such a rich, illuminating and agenda-setting collection. Edited collections are such a hard format but you show how good they can be. This book will no doubt spark many much-needed conversations

Honoured to be part of this landmark collection - it’s open access, so check it out!

Endlessly amazed that @gautambhatia88 has a parallel career as a fiction writer as well as one of the leading constitutionalists in the world. Looking forward to reading this. Congratulations Gautam!

Thank you to everyone for such positive feedback on our re-launch of Democratic Decay & Renewal as Demoptimism this year 🤩 Our mission is to seek out and provide evidence-based hope for democracy. In a world of challenges, despair is not an option. ⚡️ demoptimism.org

Our final Demoptimism newsletter of the year is on ‘Entrenching Democracy:  How is Democracy Built, Maintained and Kept?’ ⚡️New open-access book ⚡️Sample chapters ⚡️Op-ed on Syria ⚡️Updated South Korea InfoHub shorturl.at/S5IDZ

Don’t miss this important event tomorrow featuring the InfoHub Co-Editor Dr Jeong-In Yun: ‘Martial Law Crisis: Implications for South Korea’s Democracy 🗓️ 18 Dec 11:00 AM (London) 10.00 PM (Melbourne) 6.00 AM (New York) ⚡️ Register: u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Our InfoHub on pushback against martial law in #SouthKorea has been updated with new analysis, explainers, and a recording of a recent event organised by the Harvard Ash Center: demoptimism.org/martial-law-so…

Syria's new PM Mohammad al-Bashir says alliance that ousted Bashar Assad will "guarantee" rights of all religious groups, calls on millions who fled war to return home dailysabah.com/world/mid-east…

⚡LAUNCH - RESISTING THREATS TO DEMOCRACY The word on everyone's mind is 'resistance'. How can institutions, politicians, civil society and citizens push back against wannabe authoritarians? Check out our new focus area on Demoptimism. demoptimism.org/resisting-thre… #democracy

"Targeted aid killings: How Israel starved a population and sowed chaos in northern Gaza." thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations…

South Korea's ruling party, the People Power Party, announced Thursday that it now believes it is “necessary” to suspend President Yoon Suk Yeol. abcnews.link/gZfDAms

Thanks @Dr_JeongInYUN for collaborating on this important InfoHub on the #martiallaw crisis in #SouthKorea demoptimism.org/martial-law-so… (Weirdly the webpage thumbnail is presenting incorrectly as Mexico - even though on BlueSky it’s displaying correctly…)

Author William Dalrymple makes a case for India’s ingenuity in his latest book 'The Golden Road' - Harpers bazaar harpersbazaar.in/culture/story/…

Can’t wait to hear @andrea_carson speak at the Electoral Regulation Forum next Monday elecregforum.org. Andrea is also Charing our second panel on global developments and trends

Are there reasons for optimism about the US elections? For the Electoral Regulation Forum starting Monday, Dr Adrian Beaumont has provided a text considering this question. You can submit a question on the text, which we will gather for Adrian: elecregforum.org/us-elections

Polls close in Uruguay’s election, with ruling coalition and opposition headed for photo finish apnews.com/article/urugua…

⚠️⚠️ A THREAD ABOUT PEOPLE OF GAZA : Do you know what the situation in Gaza is like right now? The north is labeled a “combat zone,” and the south an “safe area,” as the occupation claims. But where is safety in this hell?