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Democracy and society

‘This is Norway’s prize, not ours’

María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize — yet in Venezuela, the celebration is conspicuously absent

By Anja Dargatz

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Democracy and society

Who’s afraid of educated girls?

The recent internet blackout is only the latest example of the Taliban’s increasingly brutal assault on the rights of girls and women

By Gordon Brown

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Democracy and society

Hope is not naïve optimism

It is a political choice

By Claes-Mikael Ståhl

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Democracy and society

Reflections of a movement, not the nation

Zohran Mamdani’s rise in the New York City mayoral race has sparked rare anti-Muslim rhetoric in mainstream politics

By Kourosh Ziabari

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Democracy and society

Democracy at auction

When governments start selling rights and privileges, democracy ceases to be a contract among citizens and becomes a marketplace for power

By Katharina Pistor

picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Tomas Tkacik

Democracy and society

Brussels’ new headache?

With Andrej Babiš poised to return as prime minister, Prague’s next government could test EU ties and shift foreign policy priorities

By Pavlína Janebová

picture alliance / empics | Danny Lawson

Democracy and society

Between Farage and failure

Under pressure, the British prime minister scored points at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. But his future will be decided elsewhere

By Michèle Auga

picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Claudio Furlan

Democracy and society

Italy’s colonial amnesia

Ninety years after its invasion of Ethiopia, Italy continues to honour the perpetrators of crimes it should instead confront

By Andrea Enrici

picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Israel Hadari

Democracy and society

Make peace great again

A Nobel Prize for Trump may be less far-fetched than many might think

By Hanna Kirchberger

picture alliance / NurPhoto | Jerome Gilles

Democracy and society

Prizes without freedom risk becoming trophies of hypocrisy

This year’s Václav Havel Prize must signal the Council of Europe to turn praise of courage into action against autocrats, even within its own ranks

By Emin Abbasov, Maria Dahle, Natallia Satsunkevich