As our lives and our societies are disrupted by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis, some weaknesses of our political systems and existing ways of organizing our societies are glaringly exposed. Consider
For someone who is promoting a world parliament some humbleness might be appropriate. That was my initial thought as I saw the title of Luis Cabrera’s recent book about cosmopolitanism.
Recension av Luis Cabrera, The Humble Cosmopolitan: Rights, Diversity, and Trans-State Democracy, Oxford University Press 2020För en som propagerar för ett världsparlament kan det vara klädsamt med lite ödmjukhet. Det
Tankesmedjan Stimson Center i Washington DC rekommenderar att FN etablerar ett parlamentariskt nätverk som ett rådgivande organ till Generalförsamlingen för att råda bot på dess “underskott i demokrati och legitimitet”.
For the first time since 2001, a majority of all states worldwide are no longer under democratic rule. This is one of the key findings of this year’s report of
Den 4 mars 2020 publicerade Freedom House i Washington DC sin årliga rapport om frihet i världen. Enligt rapporten minskade den samlade globala friheten under 2019, för fjortonde året i
Utbrottet av coronaviruset COVID-19 har satt fokus på behovet av ett globalt hälsosystem. Utbrott av infektionssjukdomar är ett globalt problem som nationalstater inte kan hantera på egen hand. För att
Over the past few years, many commentators have become pessimistic about the future of democracy, lamenting the rise of right-populist movements stretching from the United States to India. However, the
9-11 februari 2020 arrangerades årets PyeongChang Peace Forum i Sydkorea. I ett gemensamt utlåtande från konferensen lyftes krav på att det skapas meningsfulla möjligheter för civilsamhället att delta och utöva
The twelfth edition of the Democracy Index covering 2019 that was published recently has concluded that global democracy is in its most fragile state since The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
A study from the University of Cambridge’s new Centre for the Future of Democracy that was launched these days has found dissatisfaction with democracy around the world at its highest