Rearranging democracy

Analysing the implications of the term 'democracy'

A republic, if you can keep it,” Benjamin Franklin famously responded when asked by a Philadelphia socialite what it was that he and the other Founders had wrought, according...

Is this socialist wave the left’s Tea Party moment?

David M. Drucker, Tribune News Service The Democratic establishment, shaken by the rise of progressive socialists, is right to wonder where this wave might lead. The similarly populist movement...

AI deepfakes raise serious concerns for UK Democracy

UK democracy is under 'immense and increasing strain' because of disinformation increasingly being spread by artificial intelligence (AI), with just three per cent of the public able to very...

California’s online tool aims to revive democracy

In the months that followed last year’s Altadena and Pacific Palisades fires, something quieter but no less consequential has happened in those same neighbourhoods. More than 900 people affected...

Nepal’s new political hero a rapper and pop icon

Balen Shah is a rap musician and thousands of Nepalese youth hero-worship him. After bringing down the government of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, the young protesters wanted Shah...

A clear victory for BNP in Bangladesh

The parliamentary election in Bangladesh after the violent political convulsion of July 2024 when then prime minister Hasina Wajed’s Awami League government was thrown out by people’s anger has...

Stop fighting: This is how we rebuild democracy

Twenty-five years ago, a political scientist noticed something changing in American bowling alleys and predicted something close to our current fraught and polarised moment. In his best-selling book “Bowling...

General elections

The peaceful general elections in Bangladesh clearly demonstrate the unwavering commitment of its people to the democratic process. In a country that has faced political unrest and a deadly...

Bangladesh’s Gen Z voters pin hopes on jobs, governance

Jobs, governance and the freedom to speak without fear top the priorities of Bangladesh’s Gen Z voters as the South Asian country heads into a national election called after...