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Entre Nous

How is Democracy Doing?

France

Zelensky rejects rival's call for elections, says would be 'huge risk' for Ukraine

Europe

Two organisers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils charged for inciting subversion

Asia / Pacific

Ukraine’s ousted minister Mykhailo Fedorov calls for wartime elections

Europe

Russia’s Supreme Court upholds ban on anti-war party Yabloko

Europe
Tête à tête

Washington is ready to 'upend the rules-based world order', HRW chief says

Americas

Trump administration subpoenas New York Times journalists over Air Force One story

Americas

Americans' pride in US history and democracy dropped steeply over past decade, poll finds

Americas
Spotlight

'Not Western version of democracy': 147 constituencies allegedly excluded from Ethiopia's election

Africa

Hungary’s Magyar threatens constitutional amendment if Orban-appointed president refuses to resign

Europe

Ethiopia heads to the polls: Elections under the shadow of war and dissent

Africa

European Union unlocks €16.4 billion in funds for Hungary at Magyar's Brussels visit

Europe
Truth or Fake

Cockroach Janta Party: India's youth turn judge's jab into viral political movement

Asia / Pacific

‘Divide and rule’: Mahmoud Abbas keeps Fatah 'divided', ensuring no potential successor can emerge

Middle East
Tête à tête

'Our democracy has passed all the tests now,' says Botswana's president

Africa
Spotlight

Historian Achille Mbembe: Africa's 'rule of gerontocracy' is coming to an end

Africa
Talking Europe

Hungary and Bulgaria elections: EU's new ally and new adversary?

Europe

Dismantling Orban’s legacy: the reforms that lie ahead for Hungary

Interview
Europe

'Decline' in press freedom: EU media landscape 'more concentrated, less transparent & less trusted'

Europe

'When media freedom goes, the rest is not far behind', campaigner says

Europe

Tibetans-in-exile vote for new government as future without Dalai Lama looms

Asia / Pacific

Trump claims ‘rigged’ Virginia vote as court moves to block redistricting map

Americas

Virginia redistricting vote could boost Democrats in US midterms

Americas
Spotlight

Irfan Nooruddin: 'Much to be gained by having more women in India's highest parliamentary body'

Asia / Pacific

Irfan Nooruddin: 'Much to be gained by having more women in India's highest parliamentary body'

Asia / Pacific

Orban ousted: What Magyar’s victory means for Hungary and the EU

Analysis
Europe

Djibouti election expected to extend incumbent’s 27 years in presidential office

Africa

Myanmar’s parliament elects coup-leading general as civilian president

Asia / Pacific
Tête à tête

'I intend to go back to my country': Exiled Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine

Africa
Entre Nous

French mayors: Throwing in the sash?

France
Perspective

'The interests of states are diverging from those of their citizens': Author Rana Dasgupta

Americas

Bangladesh's interim leader Yunus resigns, handing power to elected government

Asia / Pacific
Spotlight

'Well-functioning democracy': Does Norway look closely enough at 'what goes on behind closed doors'?

Europe

'Democracy loses out': France sinks to new low in annual global corruption index

Explainer
France

Sebastien Lai: Father's release must precede normalisation with UK, all nations 'who love freedom'

Asia / Pacific

What is at stake in Thailand's elections, as three parties vie for power?

Asia / Pacific

Polls wrap up in Thailand's election, incumbent PM seeks new term

Asia / Pacific

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes for big win in snap elections

Asia / Pacific

Bangladesh voters torn between desire for stability and need for reform, analyst says

Asia / Pacific

NFL's Bad Bunny gambit embraces sociopolitical artistry for high-stakes halftime show

Americas

Costa Ricans head to the polls amid surge in narco violence

Americas

ICE killings a ‘watershed moment’: Trump, Republicans risk breaking with the American people

Americas

House of MAGA: As Trump seeks to fortify constituency, is he 'losing the rest of America'?

Americas

'It's not even policing': ICE agents unleash 'terror in communities they pass through'

Americas

Laura Jedeed warns: 'Nothing legal, ethical, or moral about what’s unfolding on America's streets'

Americas

Board of Peace very 'business-focused': Peace negotiations need to focus on 'conflict resolution'

Europe

Trump's Board of Peace: 'Boards & committees do not resolve conflicts, mediators resolve conflicts'

Europe

'Vanity project': Does Trump seek to 'cement legacy' with Greenland deal and Board of Peace?

Europe

Trump in Davos: 'He's just like Putin, something European leaders never fully understood'

Europe

Shifting global norms: Trump embracing 'different logic of power, defying international law'

Europe

Trump might succeed in breaking up NATO where ten Soviet and Russian leaders tried and failed

Europe

Age of 'fascism' in America: Reed Brody warns that the US is 'living in a very dangerous moment'

'Greenland fiasco: Vladimir Putin happiest person in the world' - Lt. General (ret.) Ben Hodges

Europe

Greenland’s security and defence cooperation with NATO allies 'achievable within existing framework'

Europe

'Focus on petrol: Trump never talked about democracy nor the Venezuelan people'

Americas

'Negotiating down barrel of a gun': Greenland seeks US cooperation on trade, investment, mining

Europe

Greenland welcomes all to explore its lands, while honouring its traditions and values

Europe

Myanmar’s junta holds second phase of widely slammed elections

Asia / Pacific

Does the EU now deem the US 'less reliable in terms of security, defence and trade'?

Brazil's Lula vetoes law reducing prison time for Bolsonaro

Americas

US military operation in Venezuela 'a clear violation of international law'

Americas

Incoherence: America First creates mixed policy signals in Russia, China, Latin America, Greenland

Americas

'Donroe Doctrine': 'Kidnapping of Maduro had nothing to do with democracy, human rights'

Americas

How the Monroe Doctrine factors into US arrest of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro

Americas

Following US military operation in Venezuela, will 190 countries 'respect any of these rules now'?

Americas

'Donroe Doctrine': Latin American resources 'belong to US, to hell with anyone who gets in our way'

Americas

Is U.S. military operation in Venezuela a 'return to 19th century gunboat diplomacy'?

Americas

To boycott or not to boycott? Ivory Coast holds tense parliamentary election

Africa

Youth's vote crucial in upcoming Central African Republic general election

Africa

Hard-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile presidential election

Americas

Hong Kong court finds media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in national security trial

Asia / Pacific

'Trump admin out to break govt: Ask any citizen in an authoritarian regime whether elections matter'

Americas