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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.
WHITEHORSE
FIDE-NORTH AMERICA Citizens Assembly Insights from Yukon
The Importance of a Chair and an Insight Committee
Korea South
시장의 죽음 이후
자살과 스캔들 이후 한국의 지방 민주주의는 새로운 삶을 찾았습니다
Ukraine
Українські міста були лідерами демократії
Photo from Asia Democracy Chronicles
Singapore
The City-State's 1% Illusion
Singapore tax increase leads to demands for tax relief.
A campaign sign in Central Jakarta, February 2024. photo by Joe Mathews
Global
How Losers Can Win
Karachi candidate declares his victory rigged. Indonesia mends its losers.
Photo courtesy of Lichuma Davis for Life as an activist project
Kenya
Uses and abuses of democracy in divided society
In Country in Focus, Democracy International takes a closer look at advances in modern direct democracy and...
School group at Asian African Conference Museum, Bandung, Indonesia
Global
Do You Live in Democracy?
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Refugees resist on roof @ Berlin Gallery: www.montecruzfoto.org/31-08-2014-Demo-guertelstr-Refugees CC BY-SA 2.0 Deed
Germany
One-Third of My Neighbors?
The polls say the AfD has 1/3 support in my community. What does that look like?
From
Germany
"Voices of Democracy" to instil courage
75 years ago, on 10 December 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in the aftermath of...
Picture from PaFutEU - Climate and Environment
European Union
Defending democracy - or are we, really?
It’s no argument that our European democracies need defending. With non-friendly actors around the world...
Photo courtesy of Shiny_Coconut from Canva Pro https://www.canva.com/
Georgia
Polarisation over peace in Georgia
In Country in focus, Democracy International takes a closer look at advances in modern direct democracy and...