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Published in: 50.50: OpinionRwanda shows that it takes more than seats in Parliament to liberate women
To emancipate Rwandan women, we need cultural and economic shifts as well as parliamentary representation
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe people, not Parliament, should choose a new voting system
British progressives demand proportional representation. But we need to talk about how we want to introduce it.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMilitary temptation and institutional instability in Latin America
Latin America’s turbulence shows the limits of democratic institutions to deal with political conflict and, as seen...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reflections on the European Idea in theory and in practise
Continued potential for peaceful change is the principal condition; politics must be a process. That is why politics...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?We are not at Place de la République because…
Participants in the counter-demonstration organised in Ménilmontant, Paris on February 19 explain their protest...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#CrisisInVenezuela: A publicity stunt between heroes and villains?
The crisis in Venezuela has become a media show between heroes and villains orchestrated by foreign powers. What are...
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Published in: HomeWhat does Brexit mean? ‘Majority judgment’ can solve the puzzle
Something is going badly wrong in elections and referenda across the world. The culprit is an age-old voting system...
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Published in: HomeEthiopian elite lost in electoral maze under Abiy's gaze
If the Prime Minister chooses to lean on his personal popularity, could he obtain and sustain enough political...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSpreading sectarianism in the Muslim world
Which country carries most responsibility for the spread of sectarianism in the muslim world? Answer: Saudi Arabia
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJuan Tokatlian: "We are a region adrift in global affairs".
The crisis in Venezuela and Jair Bolsonaro's access to power coincide with Latin America's slide towards gradual...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria breaks the wall of fear
Thousands of Algerians march to say 'No!' to a fifth presidential mandate for Bouteflika.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Understanding Gauland – how to think about radical right leadership
What's the importance of radical right leadership? A discussion of Olaf Sundermeyer’s, Gauland. Die Rache des alten...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#ElectionsSpain2019: Populist radicalisation, Catalonia, and the far-right
Spain is the epitome of political instability, with a 5 party fragmentation and the impossibility of appeasing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKProtecting protest - fracking campaigners challenge Ineos' "anti-democratic" tactics
As people around the country take to the streets against inaction over the climate emergency, campaigners are...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: How dark money is winning ‘the Brexit influencing game’
As Tory MPs resign in protest at the malign influence of hardline Brexiters, documents show the “unfettered” access...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Does Europe end in Derry? Peace is at stake
“The UK seemingly leaving the Union, leaves neither Europe, nor History. It is time also for a new sensibility and a...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhat dam collapses in Europe can tell Brazil
The changes in environmental legalisation to hold the companies accountable is one of the lessons from the European...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA family under attack: Iranian exiles and the economic sanctions
The sanctions force Iranians to suspend their struggle against their abusive father, fearing that the interfering...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy a focus on "fake news" and Facebook misses the internet's real problems - and solutions
MP's new 'fake news' report largely ignores other platforms like Google and YouTube, and surveillance capitalism...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Radical-right backlash against Games of Belonging: the case of Mesut Özil
Özil, like many others, has repeatedly stated that he would prefer to play for both national football teams if...