RIGHTS. The 2020s could be a decade when new systems and functions concerning rights are developed. But the future development can be both light and dark, depending on which ideas win more support and acceptance in public debates. Keeping in mind the 2010s nationalist and populist development where human rights are despised, at the same…
Recently, the leader of a major opposition party in Georgia was detained, despite calls from the outside world for dialogue and restraint. Prime Minister Giorgi Gakhari resigned last week, alleging the plans to arrest the opposition leader to be the cause that risks plunging the country in crisis. But what is the conflict really about?…
WORLD. Globalisation has historically often been interpreted as an economic and technological process. However, modern globalisation is a many-sided and complex process that has been hard or even impossible to predict, as in the case of the Covid-19 pandemic. For more people to get involved in the world’s development, it is also necessary for democracy…
DEMOCRACY. For a long time, the idea of “A League of Democracies” has been suggested. How could it influence world politics? Could 2021 be the year when the league is created?
DEMOCRACY. The book The Tribalization of Europe. A Defense of Our Liberal Values by Marlene Wind is a welcomed contribution to discussions about Europe’s future. Wind’s message is that historical lessons are important to act against opportunism and populism.
DEMOCRACY. Ten years ago, on 25 January 2011, the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, was ousted after decades of dictatorship. Shahira Amin, an Egyptian journalist, explains its aftermath and what to expect in the future.
DEMOCRACY. The situation in Belarus is one of cheating in the election, of violent replies to demonstrations by the government and removal of access to the internet. How did it come to this?
RACISM. Peter Stewart is writing the first part of his essay about racism in the USA. While Part I is focusing on understanding feelings about race in the individual better, part II is going to be about examining the reality of American systemic racism and its historical background.
