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Hungary election
Hungary
The opposition understood the assignment.
The Hungarian 3-step plan to beat an authoritarian.  Autocrats around the world will study Orbán’s successes: how to consolidate power over time, how to reward loyalists, how to weaken watchdogs, and how to loot the state while...
Member Spotlight
Empowering Youth and Women for Elective Political Power in Nigeria
Following their earlier story, Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP) returns with a second event contribution to the International Democracy Community. This September initiative marked International Democracy Day...
Global
A Deliberate Provocation; An Experiment in India
Also: an amalgamation assembly and "anticipatory" democracy
Myanmar
ADC: War Reaches Myanmar's Urban Communities
Civil War, once confined to rural areas, forces city dwellers to seek refuge.
USA
VLAHOS: Making Public Meetings More Deliberative
How to Bring Public Meetings Into the 21st Century
Global
The Pact of the Future A United Nations Reset?
In New York, the Summit of the Future is wrapping up after two Action Days open to civil society and two...
Canada
SPEECH 'Come With Us If You Want to Live'
Why the deliberative democracy movement needs to get more aggressive
China
NOEMA: China's Hinterland Becomes a Dreamscape
A Swiss-style village, a Prague-like city, and other new urban places in China
USA
COLUMN A Tale of Two Cities, Bay Area Edition
Kamala Harris' Oakland approaches the White House. The real Oakland struggles with local democracy and...
Mongolia
Ancient Rituals, Modern Governance
Not enough Mongolian women are being elected to local office
USA
COLUMN Ugly Dogs & Lotttery Democracy
A citizens assembly in Northern California.
Global
Can 'Activated Citizenship' Fix 'Voice Insecurity'?
Marjan Ehsassi's new book, Activated Citizenship: The Transformational Power of Citizens Assemblies, delivers...