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ALEPPO
COLUMN World War 3 Has Come to Your Hometown
Attacks by authoritarian national governments on their own cities aren't just local conflicts. They constitute a global war.
Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)
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HO CHI MINH CITY
LETTER: What Vietnam's Billboards Don't Say
A 50th anniversary of war reveals a city.
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THE DEMOCRACY COLUMN
COLUMN: An Obituary for the American Republic (1789-2025)
In lieu of flowers, design a new republic.
Photo by Joe Mathews
NAGO (OKINAWA)
NEWSLETTER Against Broligarchy; Participation in Reverse; No Democracy Is...
What's Worth Reading and Watching in Local Democracy
OCEANSIDE
COLUMN A Local Sprint to Transit's Future
Riding across North County San Diego, squinting into the future.
Afghanistan
EDITORIAL This Is Not Science Fiction
No Funds. No Democracy.
ISHIGAKI AND ARBOGA
Can The Western Pacific's Island of Peace Avoid War?
A journalist from Sweden's most militarized town visits Ishigaki, where people fight to avoid war.
HONG KONG
Stories 13629
Conforming Unions to Draconian Laws Erodes Local Liberties  
THE DEMOCRACY COLUMN
COLUMN: Lessons of a Small, New Democracy Tool
I Advised The State As It Built 'Engaged California.' The Result Was a Pleasant Surprise.
NEW DELHI
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Refused Refuge in Delhi
Delhi Elections Create New Problems for Rohingya Refugees in City
Myanmar (Burma)
Abusing a Disaster
The Myanmar junta builds power with ruins. Citizens are not only ignored in the aftermath of the 7.7...