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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDemocracy and charisma: a dangerous liaisonIn India and the Philippines, strongmen have consolidated immense power through democratic means. How do we explain this?
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Published in: ourEconomyFreetown Christiania: an economic 'nowtopia' at the heart of a European capital cityIf we know where and how to look, we discover that other worlds are possible in the here and now.
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Published in: ourEconomyWestern style ‘democracy’ in Africa is just a way of pushing the neoliberal agendaThe region has its own rich democratic traditions to draw from.
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Published in: ourEconomyDude! Where’s my democracy?People turn to authoritarian leaders not because they distrust democracy but because our system is fundamentally...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe decline of Erdoğanist authoritarianism: a new chance for “democratization” in Turkey?The Istanbul municipal elections might be the beginning of the post-Erdoğan period. But is it the end of authoritarianism?
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Published in: ourEconomyReclaiming the commons through state ownership? Maybe notTransnational state capital can be just as harmful as its private counterparts. We need local, democratic and...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesIs the internet to blame for the rise of authoritarianism?Three perspectives on whether the internet is having a damaging impact on democracy.
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Published in: TransformationDemocratic distress in Europe and the USA: a transatlantic malaise?What could Americans and Europeans learn from each other about the looming crisis of democracy?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEducation and orientalist discourseThe topic of education fits neatly into the orientalist middle class rhetoric about the poor, ignoring its role as...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNot a Saudi ‘Arab spring’: Mohammad Bin Salman, a threat not a reformer [Part 2]Mohammad bin Salman is now MENA’s main threat to peace, stability, and hope for democratization in the Arab world.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Tunisian revolution seven years onSeven years after the Tunisian revolution one can dissect four main conflict issues in Tunisia today.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNot a Saudi ‘Arab spring’: Mohammad Bin Salman, a threat not a reformer [Part 1]Putting “Mohammad bin Salman” next to “Arab Spring” is either an oxymoron or an antithesis.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe return of authoritarianism is priming the Middle East for more conflictHow is the Saudi-Iranian rivalry overwriting the Arab Spring’s key messages?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLibya: damned if we do and damned if we don’tGiven the complex attitudes towards foreign interventions in Libya, we need a clear strategy that stands up to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Is it time we had an international framework for unilateral secession?The current UN Charter is unsuitable, outdated and preoccupied with the era of decolonisation, which posed very...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn epochal election: welcome to the era of platform politicsIn an era characterised by reversibility, platform capitalism is producing newly discernible forms of aggregation...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaElections do not mean democracyElections are not a bad thing. But for the sake of our own commitment to honesty, let us not deceive ourselves into...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPushing together solutions to polarization and manipulation in social mediaAlong with digital exclusion, polarization and manipulation are the main problems of digital democracy. Español
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat went wrong with Turkey’s referendum?As illiberal democracy is becoming more the norm than the exception in the world, Turkey’s referendum is another...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOccupying democracyThe replacement of democratically elected HDP/DBP mayors and local municipality workers by AKP appointees is a grave...
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