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Paul Biya’s 42-year reign provided political stability. A new term of office or possible transition risks instability, including more armed conflict.
AI has generated enormous challenges in post-secondary education. It also offers potential for citizenship education, if handled properly.
The Gambia’s latest attempt at passing a new constitution suffered a setback due to controversial clauses, including retroactive presidential term limits.
Democracy has been with us since it was founded in Athens in the 6th century BCE. Like some of today’s voters, the ancient Greeks were also divided over its merits.
Why the new planning and infrastructure bill won’t make the process any fairer for people or planet.
Open-source generative AI tools and certain apps put audio and video manipulation in the hands of anyone with a laptop. Here’s why that poses such a dire threat to democracy.
Tolerance for the use of force in the conflict in Cameroon has undermined the appeal of dialogue and negotiations.
For the first time since returning to democracy, Bolivia’s presidential election heads to a runoff. But no left-wing candidate made it past the first round.
While our culture is very different from Shakespeare’s London, his plays — and those by others — still carry the potential to bring people together and help us think deeply about our shared experience.
Proportional voting is, at least philosophically speaking, the best electoral system.
Herodotus showed how human beliefs and choices affected the fate of nations. His insights are still relevant.
Radical parties are now more numerous than any other category in 31 countries.
The Republican and Democratic parties are united in protecting their chokehold on American politics, despite the view by America’s founders that parties had no legitimate place in the republic.
Amid heightened concern about the current state of democracy around the globe, we need to better understand the attitudes and motivations of politicians.
Studies link public broadcasting to higher voter turnout, better factual knowledge and lower susceptibility to extremist rhetoric. Those contributions to democracy may be diminished by Congress’ cuts.
Populist, right-wing governments often target universities as enemies of the state. The Trump administration is watching − and learning.
Zambia’s leadership is pushing to implement constitutional changes that civil society groups believe will preserve the ruling party’s dominance.
Former president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will be remembered for its promises and failures.
In 1967, the Supreme Court said the government usually cannot take away citizenship without a person’s consent.
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Senior Lecturer in Democracy Studies, University of Canberra
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand