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Democracy and society

The hope of the Dutch left

Frans Timmermans is running for Dutch prime minister. Can the former vice-president of the EU Commission lead his left-wing alliance to victory?

By Simon Pieter Otjes

Reuters/Mehdi Chebil

Democracy and society

Democracy to the rescue

Politics might be broken, but it’s certainly not irreparable — and democracy has the tools to fix it

By Carly Walker-Dawson

Reuters

Democracy and society

A fight out of the tentacles of the crime kraken

Latin America is under the control of drug cartels. With a new strategy, the continent wants to free itself from the stranglehold of the mafia

By Sandra Weiss

Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko

Democracy and society

Russia’s show elections

Over the weekend, Russia held another election, with expected results. But beneath the surface lurk clues to the 2024 presidential election

By Alexey Yusupov

Reuters/Artur Widak/NurPhoto

Democracy and society

Elections in times of war

In Ukraine, elections were planned for October. But can – and should – a country at war hold free, fair and secure elections?

By Valerii Kalnysh

Reuters/Mahamadou Hamidou

Democracy and society

A coup after coup in the Sahel

Since 2020, there have been six coups d'état in francophone West Africa. In all cases, the juntas succeeded in exploiting the ‘anti-French sentiment’

By Boubacar Haidara

Reuters/KB Mpofu

Democracy and society

Elections in the dead of night

Zimbabweans have re-elected President Mnangagwa, missing what might have been the opposition’s last chance in times of shrinking democratic spaces

By Thilo Schöne

Reuters/Artur Widak

Democracy and society

Fighting for survival

Belarus’ democratic forces recognise the sad reality: the connection between them and the majority of Belarusians inside the country is broken

By Artyom Shraibman

Reuters/Karen Toro

Democracy and society

The end of the island of peace

The murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has left Ecuador in shock. Can the country escape this growing spiral of violence?

By Constantin Groll

Pexels

Democracy and society

Changing reintegration in a meaningful way

Reintegration assistance for migrants going home is important for the EU. And yet, it is ineffective — involving returnee initiatives can reverse that

By Sophie Meiners