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Worldcrunch » democracy

democracy

Geopoliticslatin america

Noboa, Bukele, Boric: A New Latin American Model Of “Can-Do” Leaders — Or Just Strongmen In Sheep’s Clothing?

by Jorge Imbaquingo May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
Pope Francis speaks with Donald Trump in 2017.
In The Newsdemocracy crisis

A Good Pope Is Gone, 100 Bad Days Of Trump And One Big Reason To Hope For A Better Future

by Gabriele Segre April 27, 2025April 28, 2025
Societyliterature

Mario Vargas Llosa On Populism, Feminism, And Hoping To Die With A Pen In His Hand

by Miguel Wiñazki April 14, 2025April 14, 2025
Geopoliticsdonald trump

Strange As It Sounds, The World’s Fate May Rest In The Hands Of Europe

by Pierre Haski April 14, 2025April 14, 2025
A crowd of demonstrators raise their fist in protest. The image is black and white.
In The Newscrisis democracy

Checks, Balances, Self-Interest? How The Old Model Of Western Democracy Went Off The Rails

by Roberto Gargarella April 11, 2025April 11, 2025
French deputy and president of Le Rassemblement National RN far right parliamentary group Marine Le Pen ​at the session of questions to the government at the National Assembly - April 1st, 2025
Geopoliticsdemocracy

Courts v. The People? Le Pen Case Is Part Of Global Wave Of Stress Tests For Democracy

by Cecilia Laurent Monpetit April 4, 2025
photo of ​BMW staff working on the production of the electric car i3 in the BMW Group factory in Leipzig.
Economytrump tariffs

Don’t Take His Bait! A German Call Not To Retaliate Against Trump’s Auto Tariffs

by Alan Posener April 1, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered for a mass rally in Istanbul on Saturday, March 29 at the call of Turkey's main opposition CHP over the jailing of city mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu ​
Geopoliticsturkey’s political situation

Turkey Protests, A Striking Counter-Narrative To The World’s Authoritarian Shift

by Pierre Haski March 31, 2025April 7, 2025
Protesters wave Turkish flags during a 7th nighttime rally in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 25, 2025.
Geopoliticsdemocracy

In Turkey’s Dark Times, Protesters Are A Democratic Light

by Diğdem Soyaltın Colella and Ozgur Ogret March 31, 2025May 9, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Jerusalem.
Ideasantisemitism

By Embracing Europe’s Far Right, Netanyahu Makes A Mockery Of Holocaust Memory

by Anna Foa March 26, 2025April 7, 2025
Evangelical Christians surround Donald Trump and pray in the Oval Office of the White House
Ideasextremism

Our World Has Swallowed That Old Poison: Politics Based On Blind Faith

by Loris Zanatta March 11, 2025March 24, 2025
His Deals, Our Blood: How Trump's Language Sounds In Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine Wardonald trump

His Deals, Our Blood: How Trump’s Language Sounds In Ukraine

by Serhiy Zhadan March 4, 2025March 24, 2025
President Donald J. Trump makes an appearance at Daytona International Speedway before the start of the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, FL.
Eyes on the U.S.democracy

Viva American Democracy! A Foreign Take On Why The “Trump Interlude” Will Pass

by Gonzalo Mallarino Flórez and Worldcrunch February 21, 2025March 8, 2025
Photo of a family in Nepal
Societyfree speech

Nepal’s Free Speech Crackdown, Jailing Government Critics For Facebook Posts

by Sunita Neupane February 11, 2025March 8, 2025
​An abortion rights activist holding a protest sign at the Women's March in Washington DC in Nov. 2024.
Women Worldwideautocrats

We Are Reminded Again What Autocrats Fear Most: Woman Power

by Natalia Viana February 1, 2025March 8, 2025
Handcuffed And Deported: Donald Trump's Brutal Message To The World
Migrant Livestrump

Handcuffed And Deported: Donald Trump’s Brutal Message To The World

by Caterina Soffici January 30, 2025March 9, 2025
Stones are thrown during clashes between army soldiers and protesters on Al-Qasr Al-Aini Street
Geopoliticsassad

What Follows Dictatorship? Syria Can Find Useful Clues From The Past — And Present

by Ezzat El-Kamhawi January 29, 2025March 9, 2025
A picture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Ideasvenezuelan regime

A Cold Reality For This Hugo Chávez Fan: Maduro Has Killed Venezuelan Democracy

by William Ospina January 13, 2025March 9, 2025
Franco Forever? Spain's Chilling Revisionism Of Dictatorship 50 Years Later
Ideasdemocracy

Franco Forever? Spain’s Chilling Revisionism Of Dictatorship 50 Years Later

by Pablo Batalla Cueto January 10, 2025March 9, 2025
High Risk, No Rules: Welcome To The Era Of Geopolitical "Anomie"
Geopoliticsnuclear arms

High Risk, No Rules: Welcome To The Era Of Geopolitical “Anomie”

by Pierre Buhler January 8, 2025
A protester holds a reward sign for Maduro
Geopoliticsvenezuela

All Eyes On Maduro’s Inauguration — A “Do-Or-Die” Day For Venezuelan Democracy

by Felipe Zuleta Lleras January 8, 2025
photo of Ahmed al-Sharaa in 2024
Geopoliticsahmed al-sharaa

Al-Sharaa, Syria’s Indispensable Leader Or Sly Islamist Strongman?

by Hani Adada January 5, 2025March 9, 2025
​A Kashmiri man shows his voter slip as he lines up to cast his ballot at a polling station, during the first phase of assembly elections, in Pulwama, India, Sept. 18, 2024.
Ideaselections

The Year Voters Lost Faith In Incumbents — And Democracy

by Andrew Whitehead December 20, 2024
Far Right, Russia, TikTok: How Trump-Like Tactics Could Take Down Romania's Ruling Class
Geopoliticsfar right

Far Right, Russia, TikTok: How Trump-Like Tactics Could Take Down Romania’s Ruling Class

by Petra Pinzler December 5, 2024
What It's Like Teaching The Holocaust In Germany Right Now — With AfD On The Rise
Societyantisemitism

What It’s Like Teaching The Holocaust In Germany Right Now — With AfD On The Rise

by Janis Dietz, Theo Kreß and Annabel Wahba December 4, 2024
Mobilized Russian citizens line up at an assembly station at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Center ahead of departing for the zone of Russia's special military operation.
Russia-Ukraine Warrussian flag

Why Reclaiming The Russian Flag Is The First Step To Taking Down Putin

by Timofey Martynenko and Worldcrunch December 2, 2024
Destroyed homes and streets in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
Israel-Palestine Warnetanyahu

Netanyahu’s ICC Arrest Warrant Has Finally Quashed The Israel “Democracy” Myth

by Khaled Dawoud and Elias Kassem November 29, 2024
People communting on a the blue line in Lagos, Nigeria
Economyinflation

Nigeria: How Africa’s Largest Democracy Is Barely Holding On

by Pierre Favennec November 28, 2024
Rage Won't Work — Why A Humanist Project For Palestine Is The Only Solution
Israel-Palestine Warpalestine

Rage Won’t Work — Why A Humanist Project For Palestine Is The Only Solution

by Asaad Ghanem November 21, 2024
Members of far-right Proud Boys have warned of violence if Trump loses the election
Eyes on the U.S.united states

Ivory Coast On The Potomac? Democracy At Risk In U.S. Election

by Jeff Israely November 16, 2024
Photo of Vice President Kamala Harris exiting the stage at Howard University after conceding the presidential race to Donald Trump on Nov. 6
Eyes on the U.S.u.s. election 2024

The Democratic Party Debacle — And The Limits Of Demonization

by Jagoda Marinić November 9, 2024
Close up photo on a woman's hands coloring a map of U.S. presidential results at a U.S. election watch party back in 2016
Eyes on the U.S.u.s. election 2024

Mirages, Kairos, Keeping Cool: A Guide For U.S. Election Night Coverage

by John M. Murphy November 5, 2024
Photo of a woman depositing a ballot in a voting box in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Oct; 26
Geopoliticsfree elections

Here’s The Data Evidence Of Election Manipulation In Georgia

by Christian Endt and Simone Brunner October 31, 2024
Photo of protests in Tbilisi, Georgia after the results of the 26 October 2024 parliamentary election.
Ideasgeorgian elections

Georgia Election: On Kremlin Interference And Real Fear Of War

by Wiktoria Bielaszyna and Katarzyna Skiba October 29, 2024
Photo of Lech Wałęsa earlier this year at a European festival in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
Ideaslech walesa

Lech Walesa And Us — Poland’s Strange Relationship With Its Revolutionary Hero

by Magdalena Środa October 28, 2024March 9, 2025
Orbán-Trump: A Fresh Warning From Hungary On The Risk Of Authoritarianism
Eyes on the U.S.us elections

Orbán-Trump: A Fresh Warning From Hungary On The Risk Of Authoritarianism

by Worldcrunch October 23, 2024March 12, 2025
How Democracy Slips Into Dictatorship — A Warning From The Turkish Playbook
Ideasdemocracy

How Democracy Slips Into Dictatorship — A Warning From The Turkish Playbook

by Ece Temelkuran and Ozgur Ogret October 23, 2024May 9, 2025
Photo of protesters arguing, with one chanting in a megaphone
Ideasdemocracy

Politics And Betrayal: A Defense Of The “Traitors” Of Compromise

by Daniel Lutzky October 23, 2024
This Happened — August 14: Lech Walesa Leads Shipyard Strikes In Poland
This Happenedlabor rights

This Happened — August 14: Lech Walesa Leads Shipyard Strikes In Poland

by Worldcrunch October 23, 2024
Picture of ruins in Dnipro after Russian invasion
Russia-Ukraine Warauthoritarism ukraine

Traitor, Spy, Pro-Russian: Ukrainians Who Question Kyiv Face Grave Accusations

by Laura Valentina Cortés Sierra October 23, 2024

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