Twenty five years after the end of the war, a resolution to the frozen conflict over Transnistria seems no closer. This situation suits plenty of people at the top just fine. RU
A series of assaults on Russian journalists this week accompany a continuing campaign against anti-corruption activists.
Democracy by lottery, participatory budgets, internet voting, census and privacy, deliberation and consensus are some of the topics discussed in Madrid at Ciudades Democráticas (May 23-28). Español
К какой свободе стремятся участники последней волны протестов? Появилась ли за время, прошедшее с распада СССР, новая личность? Есть ли у протеста политическое будущее? На эти темы oDR поговорил с директором Левада-Центра Львом Гудковым. English
The model of Lebanon is indicative of the importance of state weakness, which is possibly a necessary stage for other countries in the region after decades of absolutist domination in the name of the state. عربي
With more than one million domestic workers in the Philippines there is massive potential for collective action. From small beginnings huge strides have already been made.
Russian museums tend to avoid the subject of migration at all costs. For curators, it seems the people and history embodied in migration processes are invisible. RU
As the ‘alt-right’ moves to violence, community responses really matter.
At dawn on July 19th, after hours of deliberation, the verdicts were finally delivered in the contentious retrial in Morocco related to the violence in the Gdeim Izik protests of 2010.
Palestinian workers on Israeli settlements are fed up with being used as propaganda for Israeli businesses and government and with being vilified for work they say they are forced into.
The UK's defence and security policy is outdated. It's time for a positive and internationalist approach.
