Category Archives: North Korea

Russians, Look Up! Every Time Putin Makes a Nuclear Threat, It is Also Against You.

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Russians Look Up:  Every Time Putin Makes a Nuclear Threat, It is Also Against You Nobody knows, but Ukraine, the US, Russia, and all other major countries must be making plans for a response to whatever kind of nuclear attack … Continue reading →

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The International Democracy Survey of 2022

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

For most countries, there are few changes from the Survey of 2021, which we recently put up.  The 2022 survey includes events through 2021.  The 2022 Survey is at V-dem.org.  It is a compilation of ratings from 0 to 1 … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Nuclear Threats, and the Danger of Authoritarians with Nuclear Powers

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Putin’s Nuclear Threats and the Danger of Authoritarians with Nuclear Powers Putin has now put his nuclear forces on alert, although there is no evidence of any threats to Russia or Russian forces in Ukraine from NATO or nuclear powers.  … Continue reading →

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The Democracy Index 2021 Summary

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Democracy Index 2021 Summary This is produced yearly by The Economist Intelligence Unit, based on 60 indicators in 5 categories.  Each category is rated 0-10, and then the overall score is their average.  We focus on those by size … Continue reading →

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We Welcome the New World of Science in the USA

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Thank God the darkness is over. As a science writer, we welcome not only the restoration of science by real scientists, but even its elevation to a cabinet position. I was taught that scientists were only supposed to report on … Continue reading →

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In International Democracy Survey, US Drops to 36th, and Only 70%.

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

  We show the 2020 Democracy ratings of countries of current concern to the US.  The source of the ratings is the V-Dem Institute at V-dem.net.  We use data from Version 10 of April 2020.  The North American Regional Center … Continue reading →

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The Global Health Security Index of 2019 for the US and Key Countries

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Global Health Security Index of 2019 and its relevance to preventing virus pandemics. The Index was published in October, 2019, and analyzes the readiness of the world’s countries to combat pandemics, like we are now experiencing with the coronavirus. … Continue reading →

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The US and Key Countries in the Democracy Index 2019

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We examine the new Democracy Index 2019 rating of the US and world countries performed by the Economist Intelligence Unit.  I was very interested in this since it would contain the third year of the Trump Presidency and his House … Continue reading →

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Democracy Ratings for the US and Countries in the News from the V-Dem Institute

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We show graphs over time of the US and countries in the news, for five categories.  The ratings go from 1900 through 2018, unless only fewer years are available.  The source of the ratings is the V-Dem Institute at V-dem.net. … Continue reading →

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The United States and the World in the Freedom in the World 2019 Ratings

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We show graphs in the Freedom House report “Freedom in the World 2019” by Freedom House at freedomhouse.org, for both the United States, and for World countries. We show the decline in the US Freedom rating over 10 years from … Continue reading →

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