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Media-saturation challenges trust in European democracy
BY KEVIN CASEY
Media is this layer that exists everywhere in our lives’, said Dr Tanya Lokot as she explained the term ‘mediatized’ to Horizon...
Trust In Pluralistic Societies: In Search For Common Denominators
Observing today’s world and all conundrums of postmodernism, along with pluralism and the tyranny of choice, one can witness an “era of gaps”, where...
Guterres raises alarm over ‘backsliding’ of democracy worldwide
On the 15th anniversary of the International Day of Democracy, commemorated on Thursday, the UN chief observed that “across the world, democracy is backsliding”.
“Civic space...
The Summit for Democracy Can Only Be a Success If It Focuses on Youth
Authors: Blair Glencorse, Meryl Miner and Julie Murray*
Democracy took a hit over the last year and youth are suffering the consequences. As freedom declined...
Looking Behind The Evening News: True Origins Of America’s Political Decline
“The readers of the Boston Evening Transcript, Sway in the wind like a field of ripe corn.”-T S Eliot
For the most part, what Americans...
The Turkey’s Balancing Identity: A Troubling Metaphor
Like a film that has been rewound, the face of Turkey today is a reminder of the crisis period two decades ago. The inflation...
Democracy and Digital Disorder
Democracy operated on twin principles of Truth and Trust. From 10,000 years ago to the 21st Century human societies evolved from particularized and selected...
Amidst military rule, UN envoy travels to Myanmar for first time
UN special envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer travelled to the country for the first time since taking up her appointment last October.
Her visit follows the...
Democracies failed attempt in Russia
The Soviet Union was already on the edge of disintegration in the late 1980s. The country's economy was strained by a costly military intervention...
Taiwan’s Only Hope: Nuclear Capability
Taiwan, a wonderful island nation, has had a relationship of conflict with China since its inception. With full faith in democracy, Taiwan has grown...