Football provides a way for unpopular elites to build political capital – but also creates space for citizens to voice dissent.
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If we don’t support youth’s struggle for democracy, there’s little chance of a peaceful, secure, sustainably developed and environmentally friendly future.
Governments coming to power riding a wave of youth protests can employ authoritarian tactics to silence dissent from the same movements.
Some tourist destinations are very good at distracting from their questionable approach to civil liberties.
In the name of contributing to the reconstruction of Syria, is the EU rehabilitating Bashar Al-Assad?
Tunisia’s democratic backslide demonstrates how autocrats can use constitutional cover to entrench authoritarianism.
Stable coalitions will depend on strong democratic values being embedded among political elites.
Republicans and democrats alike have accused each other of threatening the foundations of democracy. How legitimate are these fears?
While Russian public opinion polls show continued support for the war, there are questions about the polls’ reliability and indications that public approval of Putin is declining.
Between the years 2016 and 2020, Canadians were united in their contempt for Donald Trump. What will the impact on Canada and Canadian politics be if he runs again in 2024?
Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is ahead in the polls. But will his authoritarian rival, incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, accept the result if he loses?
The cancellation of the WorldPride 2025 event in Taiwan is not only a loss for LGBTQ+ rights in Asia. It’s also emblematic of the influence of authoritarian regimes worldwide.
China is challenging the idea of democracy, but western leaders are eroding democratic rights too.
Mozambique’s trade unions have not been a strong force in society – which has left a space for others to fill.
In some regions of the country, mothers and fathers have different approaches than their counterparts in other regions.
It’s easy to consider the erosion of democratic norms in the U.S. as purely political, but it poses serious risks to the country’s economic order. Is democracy in the gallows?
Playing out in an animal kingdom, Glory is a devastating political commentary on Zimbabwe today.
For our societies to survive, we must take action to figure out the psychology behind an attraction to tyrants — or we will be led in the future by fear-mongering, war-mongering tyrannical liars.
Dos Santos was a withdrawn president. His silence produced an aura of power and the cult of personality that surrounded him.
The Russian president might claim to be confronting hate speech, but he is drawing on the ideas of anti-Semitic extremists
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