Democracy and societyHeroes of the Apocalypse The war in Ukraine has made it clear that we can’t go on with business as usual. This is our wakeup call to change for the better By Slavoj Žižek
Democracy and societyHow Bulgaria is dealing with the influx of Ukrainian refugees The Bulgarian civil society has managed to accommodate the majority of Ukrainian refugees, but dire help needed from the State is nowhere in sight By Maria Cheresheva
Democracy and societySpain’s emptying lands By tackling the growing rural demographic decline and lack of political representation, the España Vaciada movement is giving a voice to the affected By Timo Daum
Democracy and societyWhat’s left of Lebanon’s 2019 uprising? This weekend’s Lebanese elections likely won’t break sectarian neoliberal parties’ grip on power. That’s also because the left is too weak and divided By Joseph Daher
Democracy and societyThe far-right vs. women’s rights The US Supreme Court’s imminent attack on woman’s right to an abortion is underwritten by a reactionary, sexist, and racist far-right movement By Lindsay Beyerstein
Democracy and societyWhat the Russian invasion means for Syria The war in Ukraine has made a political solution in Syria even more unlikely. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation is deteriorating dramatically By Sinan Hatahet
Democracy and societyThe time to support the Global South is now The war in Ukraine has monopolised the Global North’s attention and resources when the Global South is still dealing with the effect of many crises By Martin Schulz
Democracy and societyThe false promise of democratic peace The belief that democracies don’t start wars, but only dictatorships do, has been central to the Anglo-American worldview. But it is more complicated By Robert Skidelsky
Democracy and societyWho will succeed the Philippines’s Duterte? The son of former dictator Marcos and the daugther of current president Duterte joined forces for the elections. What are the prospects for the country? By Vinzenz Huzel
Democracy and societyThe king of the Republicans Trump has shattered long-held norms by intervening heavily in the Republican midterm primaries, allowing him to tighten his grip on the party By Geoffrey Kabaservice