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
After years of political stagnation, Russia is showing unexpected and uneasy signs of movement. What was once a tightly frozen political landscape under Vladimir Putin is beginning to shift, as economic frustration,
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The concentration of wealth in the 21st century has reached levels so extreme that even comparisons to America’s Gilded Age fall short, according to economist Joseph Stiglitz. Speaking in an interview reported
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José Gil, one of Portugal’s most influential contemporary philosophers, delivers a blunt warning about the future of democracy: without radical reinvention, societies are drifting toward a new form of authoritarian rule shaped
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As his presidency enters its final months, Gustavo Petro is no longer tempering his words. Facing the end of his term on August 7, Colombia’s first left wing president in decades has
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On Sunday, 12 April 2026, Peru held presidential and parliamentary elections for the 2026–2031 term. The deepening political crisis in which Peru has been mired since 2017, the social and economic crisis—recently
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India’s rise on the global stage is no longer debated. Over the past decade, New Delhi has steadily positioned itself as a consequential actor combining economic ambition with expanding strategic reach. Its
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Political debates about democracy often focus on culture, leadership, or polarization. But history points to a more prosaic—and more powerful—driver of political outcomes: how governments raise revenue. Across thousands of years of
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of striking a ₹1,000-crore deal to unseat her government, triggering a major political confrontation ahead of the state elections. Her
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Peru heads to the polls this Sunday in a decisive first-round election that will choose its ninth president in just ten years, a stark reflection of prolonged political instability. The race, led
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For sixteen years, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has won every fight: four consecutive parliamentary supermajorities for his party, Fidesz; a constitution rewritten to his specifications; courts, media, and oligarchs brought to heel.
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi From personal allegations to identity flashpoints and the rise of new political faces, the run-up to the 2026 Assam Assembly elections has been shaped by a
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In Malda, a man who has voted in every election since 1984—holding a ration card, an Aadhaar number, and a name listed on previous electoral rolls—was this year asked to prove that
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Last week the Democrat attack on American police intensified. Boston police officer Nicholas O’Malley, an officer with an unblemished record, responded to a woman’s call that she was carjacked. Car highjacking is a violent
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Bangladesh emerged in 1971 with the promise of democracy, equality, and self‑determination. The 1972 Constitution enshrined those ideals, and the first general election in 1973 handed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Awami League an
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Italy is heading toward a pivotal moment that could reshape its democratic framework, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stakes her political future on a controversial overhaul of the country’s judiciary. The proposed
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