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UN chief delivers stark warning on democracy’s fragility
A few weeks away from the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in a stark warning that the clock is the “closest it has ever stood
Annika Silva-Leander | 14.02.2023
Demokratie-Bericht: Stagnation, Krieg und kein Aufschwung nach COVID
Die Aktualisierung des Demokratie-Index der Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) für 2022, die Anfang dieses Monats veröffentlicht wurde, zeigt eine allgemeine Stagnation der Demokratie in einem Jahr, das von Russlands Angriffskrieg
Petter Ölmunger | 10.02.2023
Neues Mandat eines UN-Sonderberichterstatters für Demokratie diskutiert
The possible creation of a new mandate for a UN Special Rapporteur on Democracy was discussed by a group of experts from civil society organisations, think tanks, international institutions and academia.
DWB | 24.01.2023
Youth activists discuss world parliament and global issues
The Young World Federalists (YWF) organized several events around the world to celebrate the 2022 Week for World Parliament which was held in October. These events brought young people together
Eston McKeague | 15.12.2022
Need of global governance reforms stressed at events in Europe and India
Reforming the United Nations and global governance was a subject at events in Brussels, Berlin, Madrid and Rennes in Europe as well as in Lucknow, India, in the past weeks.
DWB | 13.12.2022
Democracy continues to decline globally, repression grows, report says
On November 30th 2022, the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) published their newest report on the Global State of Democracy, outlining a continual decline of
Maartje Mensink | 05.12.2022
Global Democracy: The Key to Global Justice
According to the UN’s chief, the world is in a state of emergency due to numerous intertwined crises and a failure of global governance. A new book titled Global Democracy: The
Oded Gilad und Dena Freeman | 17.11.2022
Entlarvung von sechs Mythen über Demokratie und Demokratieförderung
Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit sechs Mythen, die sich um die Demokratie und die Unterstützung der Demokratie gebildet haben. Sie drohen den Gegnern der Demokratie zu nützen und das Vertrauen und die Widerstandsfähigkeit der Verteidiger der Demokratie zu untergraben.
Derek Mitchell | 08.11.2022
Climate conference COP27: the sham in Sharm El Sheikh
The UN climate conference taking place in Egypt this week is an exercise in organized hypocrisy. One of the most striking images from the popular Science Fiction TV series The
Austin G. Mackell | 07.11.2022
Democratizing global financial institutions to benefit those most in need
“The Bretton Woods institutions,” said Mia Mottley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, at this year’s UN General Debate, “no longer serve the purpose in the 21st century that they served
Valentin Lang | 03.11.2022
Could an “Economic Article 5” stop authoritarian coercion?
This post discusses an instrument for counter-measures of democracies against economic coercion by authoritarian states, the so-called „Economic Article 5“, a reference to the NATO treaty
Austin G. Mackell | 26.10.2022
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