Articles and reports
We have curated a selection of reports, articles and reflections on issues relating to democracy and culture.
"Real News" Series on Technology and Democracy
This series of OpEds was published in the Greek newspaper "Real News," in collaboration with DCF and the Greek Representation of the European Commission.
Margrethe Vestager
Davide Casaleggio
Juhan Lepassaar
Dubravka Šuica
Kim Conniff Taber
Reflections Series: Democracy and the Virus
We asked some of the speakers from past and future editions of the Athens Democracy Forum for their thoughts on how democracy is being impacted by Covid-19. Read their pieces below.
Kishore Mahbubani:
Kerry Kennedy:
Karolina Wigura
Archbishop Nikitas:
Dan Shefet:
Annika Savill:
Aron Cramer:
Diana Paredes:
Chaker Khazaal:
Nathan Gardels:
Luca Belgiorno-Nettis:
Juan Guaidó:
Konstantinos Zanetopoulos
Dan Shefet
What We're Reading
We have curated an extensive list of articles and reports covering democracy and cultural issues, and have included some of the most relevant below.
Junaid Nabi, Project Syndicate
Niall Ferguson, Noema Magazine
Why Did It Take So Long to Accept the Facts About Covid?
Zeynep Tufekci, The New York Times
The Politics Behind India’s COVID Crisis
Steve Coll, The New Yorker
Facebook is Pretending it Cares How its Platform Affects the World
Siva Vaidhyanathan, The Guardian
Do You Live in a Political Bubble?
Gus Wezerek, Ryan D. Enos and Jacob Brown, The New York Times
Share the Intellectual Property on COVID-19
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
Bridget Burns, Mara Dolan, Foreign Policy
Edoardo Campanella, Project Syndicate
How Hacking Became a Professional Service in Russia
Joshua Yaffa,The New Yorker
How 1.5 Degrees Became the Key to Climate Progress
Bill McKibben, The New Yorker
Don't Take The Narrow View of What's Happening in Gaza
Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic