Democracy in the 21st Century

After World War II, the discourse around democracy, and its realisation, took root in various geographic contexts. However, the exploration of democracy, and its form, is an ongoing global exercise. In this section, we explore global democratic trends, changes, mobilsations, and the dynamic vistas of democracy in the present day.

 

ARTICLE | Falling into Old Ways in 2017? Ukraine’s Struggle for Functioning Economic Institutions

Ukraine’s future holds both promise and pitfalls for the economy, with these challenges and...
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02 April, 2017

ARTICLE | THE RUSSIAN AWAKENING?

90,000 people in more than 90 cities across Russia showed a willingness to take part in the protest...
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29 March, 2017

ARTICLE | IT’S A LONELIER WORLD FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN

Russian rulers have long been content to accept fear and awe in lieu of respect and admiration, and...
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18 March, 2017

ARTICLE | MAPPING TRANSITION IN EASTERN EUROPE

The article was first published at Social Platform. With rise of populism, illiberalism and...
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13 March, 2017

ARTICLE | TRUMP’S WAR ON LIBERALISM

The Republican Trump presents himself as a rebel-reformer that rejects the achievements of...
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27 February, 2017

ARTICLE | RUSSIAN FILM ‘VIKING’ IS YET ANOTHER WAT TO ANNOY UKRAINE

At the end of December 2016, the film, ‘Viking’, was released in cinemas across Russia. It set...
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21 February, 2017

ARTICLE | EUROPE IS SUFFERING MULTI-MORBIDITY’: A CONVERSATION WITH CLAUS OFFE IN BERLIN

We’re witnessing the accumulation of various crises that are rapidly putting the whole European...
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01 February, 2017

ARTICLE | THE CASE FOR ELIMINATING COUNTRIES AND INSTITUTING A GLOBAL DEMOCRACY

To solve the world's major problems requires a level of international cooperation that we seem...
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25 January, 2017

ARTICLE | A PERSONAL REFLECTION ON A NATION’S DREAM OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE NIGHTMARE VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS VISITED UPON IT

Ukrainian contemporary development with the eyes of Chrystia Freeland, a Canadian politician of...
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11 January, 2017

ARTICLE | THE ROAD FROM SADDAM HUSSEIN TO DONALD TRUMP

While the connection between the war to depose Saddam Hussein and the election of 2016 is indirect,...
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29 December, 2016

ARTICLE | THE FUTURE OF LIBERALISM. HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF 2016

Liberals lost most of the arguments this year. They should not feel defeated so much as invigorated...
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23 December, 2016

ARTICLE | HOW 2016 BECAME THE YEAR OF THE HACK – AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE

From Russia and the US election to revelations about Yahoo, the hallmark of the major cyber-attacks...
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23 December, 2016