The internet has fundamentally altered who can participate in democratic public discourse, how political information circulates and who has the power to shape public opinion. Yet the legal principles governing democratic communication
The internet has fundamentally altered who can participate in democratic public discourse, how political information circulates and who has the power to shape public opinion. Yet the legal principles governing democratic communication
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Western democracy is losing public confidence as voters increasingly doubt whether political institutions can deliver economic security, meaningful representation and responsive government, according to a recent editorial published by China’s Global Times.
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A couple of weeks ago, I left my car in the hands of an Arab mechanic. He repaired what the garage described as potentially life-threatening faults in the braking system. It never
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India’s opposition alliance is preparing to stage a major demonstration in New Delhi on Sunday, bringing together political parties and a youth-led protest movement in an escalating campaign against a nationwide revision
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The student protests in Serbia, which began in the wake of the tragic event in Novi Sad in November 2024, only occasionally made the front pages of the world’s media. That is
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Israeli police have found no evidence supporting allegations by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party that Arab political parties rigged Tuesday’s parliamentary election, according to local media, as preliminary results left the
More Israel’s parliamentary election has strengthened the political position of Arab parties while leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing bloc facing the prospect of losing its parliamentary majority. The emerging results could force
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India’s debates over caste have increasingly focused on the caste census and the sub-classification of quotas, but Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s autobiography, A Shudra Life, directs attention to a less examined dimension of
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition has lost its parliamentary majority in Israel’s election, but neither the prime minister’s right-wing bloc nor the opposition led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot appears likely to
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From threatened colonial institutions and mass police deployment in New Delhi to student protests against alleged electoral disenfranchisement, India’s democratic contradictions are becoming increasingly visible. As constitutional rights collide with excessive state
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Editorial Is Bibi going to lose miserably? It is too early to predict, but something unusual is happening in Israel. Voters are turning out in numbers not seen for decades, making this
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Israelis began voting on Tuesday in an election that could determine Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future, as voters weigh his handling of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, subsequent wars and
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After the piece below had been drafted, news came in of a third development that was perhaps even more consequential than the two described, the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured an unprecedented fourth presidential election victory after a dramatic late campaign recovery, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro despite expectations of a stronger performance by the
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Bulgaria will hold a presidential runoff on November 1 after incumbent Iliana Iotova narrowly led her main challenger, former caretaker prime minister Andrey Gyurov, in Sunday’s election, which recorded historically low voter
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