Erdogan ‘the demoniser and brutaliser’ to emerge in Turkey’s elections says analyst
“Erdogan the demoniser and brutaliser” will emerge in Turkey’s election campaigning and “events that transpire… might shock us,” according to the assessment of a...
Military Regimes Cannot Be Peace-Builders or Democracy-Promoters
The Sudan case gives evidence that military and paramilitary regimes cannot be the answer to political and democratic transition in developing countries. In 2002,...
Intellectuals still have a key role to play in politics
According to an authoritative study of American leaders by the psychologist Dean Keith Simonton, politicians with an impressive formal education fail overall to achieve...
Mass Protests Going on in Five African Countries
20th March — Five countries in Africa – Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Tunisia and Senegal are making global headlines due to mass protests. In...
Freedom House Report: Democracy’s Global Decline is slowing down
In its recent annual report on the state of freedom and democracy in the world, Freedom House concludes that “the global struggle for democracy...
Central Asia Opening Up to Democracy
Central Asia stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China and Mongolia in the east and from Afghanistan and Iran in the...
India, world’s largest democracy, leads global list of internet shutdowns
India imposed the highest number of internet shutdowns globally in 2022, a new report has revealed, in what critics say is yet another blow...
Civil Liberties Groups: European governments continued weakening democracy in 2022
In a democracy, we decide how our elected representatives use the powers and resources we’ve delegated to them. When citizens are in charge, we...
Nations and Capital: The Missing Link in Global Expansion
Most theorists of nationalism claim that nationalism is a modern phenomenon. However, they commonly fail to notice that the phenomenon to which they vaguely...
As democracy comes under threat globally, isn’t it time for a system check?
The ripple effect of the egregious and multi-pronged attacks, targeting all the pillars of democracy in the United States offers a cautionary tale. But...