Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 47 backtracking 43 authoritarianism 43 undermining 41 slipping 40 protectionism 39 stalling 39 meddling 38 democratic reforms 38 complacency 37 abuses 37 slippage 36 bloodshed 36 rights abuses 36 reneging 35 discord 35 authoritarian 35 slowing 34 politicization 34 repression 34 democracy 34 democracies 33 lagging 33 stonewalling 33 worsening 33 impatience 33 dissent 33 instability 33 eroding 33 inaction 33 progress 33 neglect 33 stumbling 33 hypocrisy 33 glimmers 33 weakening 33 creeping 32 posturing 32 dithering 32 setbacks 32 neglecting 32 destabilizing 32 betraying 32 deterioration 32 hand wringing 32 faltering 31 stagnating 31 undermine 31 extremism 31 falling 31 flip flopping 31 jeopardizing 31 politicizing 31 squandering 31 degradation 31 democratization 31 infringing 31 corruption 31 pluralism 31 unraveling 31 stagnation 31 democratic 31 human rights 31 ignoring 31 flouting 31 cynicism 31 crackdowns 31 derailing 31 Human Rights Watch 31 inconsistency 31 trampling 31 undermined 31 tolerating 31 ethnic tensions 31 civil liberties 31 pronouncements 30 President Hu Jintao 30 protectionist 30 reversals 30 slippery slope 30 rampant corruption 30 uneven 30 overreaching 30 diminishing 30 intransigence 30 intolerance 30 irrelevance 30 regression 30 destabilization 30 sluggishness 30 bickering 30 freefall 30 autocratic 30 radicalism 30 Karimov 30 downward spiral 30 mistreatment 30 repudiation 30 anti Semitism 30 substantive 30 grandstanding 30 undercutting