More: Democracy
X’s Role in Shaping India’s 2024 Elections: Mobilisation, Misinformation, and Democratic Challenges
The Indian general elections of 2024 revealed how X (formerly Twitter), rebranded in March 2023, has changed the face of political discourse in a...
If Democracy Falls, It Won’t Be at the Ballot Box—It’ll Be from the Information War
Authors: Austin Akers, Brent Jensen, and Alison Schafer*
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” Former President Ronald Reagan’s warning was not...
Press Freedom and Democracy in Indonesia: Is the Constitution Still on Their Side?
The Indonesian journalism community has once again been shaken by an act of terror targeting a media office. An unmarked package containing a severed...
What Affects U.S. Public Support for Military Weapons Sales to Foreign Countries?
The United States is the largest seller of military weapons to foreign countries, with the total sales surging to $318.7 billion in 2024 as...
Modern Diplomacy at an important international conference in Vienna
The annual summit on democracy, freedom and the media is taking place in Vienna on 17th and 18th March. In the historic Hofburg (Imperial...
Why Participatory Budgeting is the Future of Democracy
In an era where trust in government is declining and political apathy is on the rise, participatory budgeting (PB) offers a beacon of hope....
B’Tselem in the Crosshairs: Netanyahu Cabinet’s War against Human Rights in Israel
In early 2023, the most far-right cabinet in Israel’s history launched its war for “judicial reforms” to replace democracy with autocracy. In fall 2023,...
A survey has uncovered alleged shortcomings in the UK’s voting system
Britons who live overseas were surveyed about their experience in receiving voting ballots in order to participate in last year’s UK general election.
The aim...
Serbia 1835 and 2025: Will history repeat—or rewrite itself?
Kragujevac, Serbia—15 February 1835 marked a fleeting moment of audacity. In this unassuming city, then Serbia’s capital, enlightenment-inspired reformers presented the Sretenje Constitution—a radical...
Latin America’s post-new left is constantly reinventing
When ideas fail, Goethe says, words come in very handy. Words make worlds. However, as Thucydides cautions, in wars, words lose their meaning. We...