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What if Democracy and Climate Mitigation Are Incompatible?
Democracy works by compromise, but climate change is precisely the type of problem that seems not to allow for it. As the clock on those climate timelines continues to tick, this structural mismatch is becoming increasingly exposed.
A World of Mounting Disarray
From climate change to public health to geopolitical rivalry and the security of cyberspace, the gap between global challenges and responses is large and growing. And the resources needed to turn things around – especially collective will and skillful diplomacy – are in short supply.
How To Make Voting More Truly Representative
We can innovate local elections to more intimately and accurately capture the political will of everyday folks. On the cutting edge of voting rights, these mechanisms will emphasize the most participatory aspects of democracy — and with it, its egalitarian promise.
From corruption to the ‘mark of the beast’ – why countries like Malawi are struggling against Covid
With 80% of pandemic funds misused and widespread vaccine myths, citizens have had to step up where government has failed
One Single Day. That’s All It Took for the World to Look Away From Us.
The Jan. 6 attack on Congress by a mob inspired by former President Donald Trump marked an ominous precedent for U.S. politics. Not since the Civil War had the country failed to effect a peaceful transfer of power, and no previous candidate purposefully contested an election’s results in the face of broad evidence that it was free and fair.
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Share your personal link to earn points Africa Cannot Afford a Second Cold War
For centuries, colonial powers, and then superpowers, viewed Africa exclusively through the prism of their economic, security, and geopolitical interests, undermining income convergence and regional integration. Today, the same mentality, now fueled by US-China tensions, is exacerbating insecurity across the continent.
The Myth of Tribalism
Beware of the false notion that group solidarity leads inevitably to conflict.
The Real Crisis of Global Order
Neither of the historical routes to the ideological victory of liberalism seems likely. This means that liberal democracies really do need to assume that they will not retake the catbird seat of the international order anytime soon. And so the question becomes not whether the liberal order will change but on whose terms.
3 Reasons Nuclear Power Has Returned to the Energy Debate
If we believed our own rhetoric about the climate crisis, support for nuclear would be much higher.
To Safeguard Sudan’s Democratic Transition, Act Now
Abdalla Hamdok’s resignation has sparked a constitutional crisis. Only international support can keep the country’s democratization on track.
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