Sentence examples for less democratic countries from inspiring English sources

Liberia and Malawi have women presidents.Even in less democratic countries female representation is on the march.

Even in the US, let alone less democratic countries, this relationship between media and government is tense.

Moreover, when the U.S. government engages in such tactics, it gives tacit approval to less democratic countries that do the same.

The means used by France to fight anti-Semitism on the web could also be used to prevent people living in less democratic countries from getting the information they need to strive for basic freedoms.Those aiming to preserve the Internet's freedom-loving character also have new technologies to deploy in their battle with government regulators.

Since the Arab Spring, nationalism and authoritarianism have been on the rise in both the largest and the freest countries, some of which have voted for more-autocratic leaders, and also in less democratic countries, where strongmen have strengthened their grips: in Egypt, the United Kingdom, Russia, India, Turkey, the Philippines, and China.

The world's awareness of the level of spying conducted by the U.S. has also provided legitimacy to citizen-monitoring efforts in less democratic countries such as China and Russia.

Thus, open societies tend to be at a relative disadvantage vis-à-vis less-democratic countries as far as the pursuit of foreign policy objectives, unharmed by leaks, is concerned.

Apparently, China's one-party system is less corrupt than many democratic countries.

"Adopting such a rule would encourage other countries, including less democratic regimes, to try to impose their values on citizens in the rest of the world".

"Unfortunately, my native country is less democratic than in 2003 before the democratic revolution," Ms. Burdzhanadze said by telephone.

It quickly became apparent that Putin had his own vision of Russia: a darker, less democratic place, in which the country's spy agencies would play a vanguard role, and with Putin unequivocally in charge.