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TOKYO
NEWSLETTER: Local Is Not a Level; Growing Grätzloasen; Democracy Camping
Also: Pati's Revolt, Irish Parks, Taiwan's AI
Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)
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KUNIGAMI, OKINAWA
COLUMN: A Planetary Game of Local Warnings
6,500 Miles Away From Home, a Possible Tsunami Taught Local Lessons
BASSERSDORF
SWI Democracy on Your Doorstep
The Lessons of Swiss Municipal Assemblies
WASHINGTON DC
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW The Geography of Discontent
And What Democratic Innovations Can Do About It
OHE HTEIN TWIN VILLAGE
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Local Education As a Weapon of War
In Myanmar, Schools Are Bombed, Teachers Hunted—and Education Is Defiance
MBODIENE, SENEGAL
COLUMN The Rich Ignore Governance in Their Urban Utopias
From Borneo to Cancun, Plans for Future Cities Omit Local Democracy and Self-Rule
Referendum
Taiwan’s Nuclear Referendum: A Democratic Tightrope Act
Taiwan is preparing for a high-stakes national referendum this month amid rising geopolitical tension,...
GREAT BARRINGTON
COLUMN Turn the Other Cheek on Gerrymandering
Authoritarian Tactics Won't Work. Enhance Democracy Instead
LOS ANGELES
ZOCALO The Dusty Stable Where Black Migrants Made Real Democracy
The Enduring Example of LA's Azusa Street Revival
BAKERSFIELD
COLUMN How Opposition Might Save High-Speed Rail
Trump, by Trying to Kill a Project, May Save It
ZURICH
SWI Does Democracy Make the World More Peaceful?
Since 1945, scholars and pundits have said that democracy enhances peace. But is that true?