visions & reflections: all articles

Three former Western ambassadors to countries in the post-Soviet space applaud President Medvedev’s call for sweeping reform and suggest key paths to modernisation

A pioneer of geopolitics anticipates the work of creating peace and security in west Asia's "heartland"

The multiple crises of west Asia and north Africa require a vision of integrated and inclusive change

Cambodia's H1N1 precaution is a case-study in the local mediation of a global epidemic

People with more than enough have an immediate and personal obligation to help those in extreme poverty

The G20 is so 20th century. It's time for a Global Strategic Council

A reverse-angle perspective on global economic realities

A new, young, African-American president opens a fresh political era in the United States and the world. openDemocracy authors offer their thoughts

The shrillness and point-scoring of much net-based discussion is closing the space for politics

The crisis of 2008 is a consequence of the pervasive impact of market-driven policy. A new idea of the state is needed

An economic downturn makes the Doha summit on paying for development even more vital

The provocateur of a vigorous debate on business-led philanthropy returns to the fray 

The G20 summit needs to match the progressive global ambitions of 1944-45. Step forward, Europe

South Africa's former president is seen differently at home and abroad. A key to understanding him?

A map of ideology from the French revolution to neo-liberalism sets its compass to the future

The project to end global poverty is made more not less vital by the world’s financial troubles

The mayor of Hiroshima's atomic-bomb anniversary peace-declaration looks forward

A "citizen media" summit highlights the potential and danger of activist blogging under dictatorship

How does openDemocracy’s editorial thinking inform its work, and how can it earn the trust of its users?

What connects elections, democracy, and poor people's life-chances? India offers an answer, says this reflection published on 13 May 2001