Egyptians, Libyans, Tunisians, and other Arabs deserve better than to be told that they must choose between extremism and chaos or autocracy.
China is a repressive country. It’s also a laboratory for democracy in the digital age.
Social media platforms are creating a new public sphere. But is it the public sphere we want or need?
“I don’t believe deep change can be top down. Building a different sort of society happens from the grassroots – most powerfully, when local groups can learn from each other.”
Loneliness affects large numbers of refugees and asylum seekers, but we do not hear about it. Campaigns like the current “spotlight month” being run by the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness are a good first step, but there is much more to do.
If there’s something wrong in the neighbourhood, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! …
What actually advances European policymaking in the field of migration? Scientific evidence, political decisionmaking or civil society activism?
