Tag: democracy

• The End of a Liberal International Order That Never Existed

  April 28, 2019

  By Michael N. Barnett Professor of International Affairs and Political Science Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University barnett@gwu.edu https://theglobal.blog/2019/04/16/the-end-of-a-liberal-international-order-that-never-existed/ more ›

• O homem mediano assume o poder

  January 3, 2019

  Desde 1 de janeiro de 2019, o Brasil tem como presidente um personagem que jamais havia ocupado o poder pelo voto. Jair Bolsonaro é o homem que nem pertence às… more ›

• When Oligarchs Buy Media: A Central European Tale

  December 1, 2018

  When Oligarchs Buy Media: A Central European Tale How the financial crisis precipitated a mass exodus of Western investment from Central Europe—and paved the way for oligarchic takeovers of media.… more ›

• November 13, 2018

  http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/11/09/using-foreign-contractors-helps-prolong-foreign-wars/ideas/essay/ more ›

• Trump’s America: Aggrieved and Adoring Voices From Inside the Presidential Bubble

  November 11, 2018

  Trump’s America: Aggrieved and Adoring Voices From Inside the Presidential Bubble HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — In two years, President Trump has reshaped the idea of America for his supporters. They repeat… more ›

• How Hungary and Poland have silenced women and…

  May 26, 2018

  How Hungary and Poland have silenced women and stifled human rights » In the women’s movement in Central Europe, there are few moments to celebrate. Polish women successfully preventing a… more ›

• Life Inside China’s Social Credit Laboratory

  April 8, 2018

  Life Inside China’s Social Credit Laboratory » RONGCHENG, CHINA — Rongcheng was built for the future. Its broad streets and suburban communities were constructed with an eye to future expansion,… more ›

• Xi Jinping’s latest power grab is bad news for…

  March 2, 2018

  Xi Jinping’s latest power grab is bad news for China’s economy » Since the heady days of Mao Zedong’s dictatorship, the president of China has been limited to two five-year… more ›

• It's the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free…

  January 16, 2018

  It's the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech » For most of modern history, the easiest way to block the spread of an idea was to keep it from being… more ›

• Bad remedies

  November 1, 2017

  Bad remedies “That Facebook, Twitter, and Google — which, by the way, holds just as much if not more power than Facebook, but without the attendant media scrutiny — have… more ›