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picture alliance / AP | Yosuke Hayasaka

Democracy and society

The upcoming rage election

Post-impeachment, South Korea is grappling with a rise in conspiratorial narratives and increasing societal division

By Christoph Heuser

picture alliance / Pacific Press | Geovien So

Democracy and society

On migrant smuggling, Europe must make a U-turn

Cracking down on smugglers doesn’t make migration safer, it makes it deadlier — and a new EU directive could make things even worse

By Michele LeVoy

picture alliance / AP | Armin Durgut

Democracy and society

March against the machine

Can Serbia still find a political solution, or is the country left with the choice between increased autocracy and direct democracy?

By Kirsten Schönefeld

picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Nikolas Georgiou

Democracy and society

Demand tolerance, not love

A shift in the demands and objectives of the human rights project has led activists to adopt a sanctimonious tone — fuelling the anti-rights backlash

By Nicolas Agostini

picture alliance / Reuters | Mitar Mitrovic

Democracy and society

The streets demand justice

Protests rise from Novi Sad to Belgrade. Eighty per cent support the students, yet power remains deaf to their voices

By Nikola Mikovic

picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Zurab Tsertsvadze

Democracy and society

Democracy dies in handcuffs

Governments across Europe are cracking down on NGOs. One institution, in particular, has the means to stop them

By Ingmar Naumann

picture alliance / Anadolu | Adri Salido

Democracy and society

What a spectacle!

Portugal’s government has collapsed over a scandal, new elections are due — will the country shift to the right or can the Socialists return to power?

By Fabian Schmiedel

picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Evgeniy Maloletka

Democracy and society

The financial well is empty — who pours next

With USAID gone, can local initiatives in Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova stay afloat?

By Karen Madoian

picture-alliance/ dpa | S._Sabawoon

Democracy and society

Let Afghan women lead

Progress on women’s rights and representation is stalling. And the prospects for improvement appear bleak

By Palwasha Hassan, Shafiqa Khpalwak

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Democracy and society

How women should behave

The more important difference between Democrats and Republicans isn’t whether they are men or women, but their attitudes about gender

By Michael Tesler, John Sides, Colette Marcellin