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Bridging the Generational Gap

The political engagement of women, minorities and young people continues to lag in many democracies, but their participation is integral to the resilience of democratic institutions. In an interactive session featuring student representatives from the American College of Greece and the Global Liberal Arts Alliance, we explore why, and uncover possible solutions and strategies for leaders and policy makers.

What is Our Human Obligation?

As political, economic and social crises test the

underlying foundations of liberal democratic

societies, can art and other forms of creative

expression help to inspire social and political

engagement?

Partisan Dealignment and the Personalization of Politics in West European Parliamentary Democracies, 1961-2016

This article examines the relationship between partisan dealignment and the “personalization of politics” and looks into the “claim that leader effects on voting behaviour are increasing across time” (Garzia, Ferreira da Silva, De Angelis, 2018).

Why Do Authoritarian Leaders Appeal Today?

This piece examines the contemporary influence of authoritarian leaders and demagogues and how "strongmen" take power at times of anxiety and vulnerability.

Philanthrocapitalism in global health and nutrition: analysis and implications

“Large global foundations play an...active role in shaping the global development agenda and in setting the funding priorities for international institutions and national governments alike… This discussion paper is an executive summary of a forthcoming article by Nicoletta Dentico (Health Innovation in Practice) and Karolin Seitz (Global Policy Forum).” (Dentico and Seitz, 2018).

Spotlight on Sustainable Development

This report summarizes focuses “on cross-cutting policy reform areas that demonstrate the interlinkages between various SDGs, the need to ‘de-silo’ current policy approaches, and to promote policies that are genuinely coherent in the interest of sustainable development, human rights and gender justice” (Civil Society Reflection Group, 2018).

World Report 2018

"World Report 2018 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2016 through November 2017" (Human Rights Watch, 2018).

Connections 2018: Experiments in Organizational Innovation

"The 2018 issue of Connections… focuses on experiments in organizational innovation… The issue highlights innovations in organizational forms intended to encourage the development of networks of self-directed experimentation and learning. Some authors explore ways to change the protocols of existing institutions, and others describe designs of new forms of organizations" (Matthews et. al., 2018).

Sur­viv­ing the Storm: Liberal Democ­racy in Times of Change

"Society is caught up in a whirl­wind of change. The power of liberal democ­ra­cies is dwin­dling and the polit­i­cal balance in the world is shift­ing. An inter­view with Ralf Fücks on what to expect from the renewed grand coali­tion in Germany, and how to defend liberal democ­racy in times of anti-liberal revolt" (Fücks, 2018).

Parliament and the people

"The report provides an analysis of the data and digital landscapes of four case study countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda), and interrogates how digital channels are being used in those countries to create and disseminate information on parliamentary activity" (Rumbul 2018).