The people of the Philippines brought down a dictator without resorting to violence 30 years ago. But continuing disappointment with their democracy means they now support a populist president.
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In Switzerland, specific and often costly environmental policies are put to test through direct democracy.
Paraguay doesn’t allow presidents to be reelected, but three of the five candidates setting their sights on 2018 are current or former heads of state.
Despite being one of the top donors to the UN refugee agency, Japan accepts very few asylum seekers, and provides little support for those who do make it.
The government has decided to protect vast new expanses of land and sea. But bad planning and lax regulations are likely to limit, or even undermine, this conservation effort.
Scandinavia’s innovative education models present a more diverse and realistic image of the world we live in, and steer clear of gender stereotypes.
Indonesia is pushing for more infrastructure development projects. But the people relocated to make way for these projects have very little power to ensure their livelihoods are secure.
Studies of animal-human interactions in various settings could perhaps help prevent bird flu and the mass slaughter of animals it inevitably leads to.
From citizens who sit on the boards of energy companies to neighbourhoods that help fund local wind farms, community action is critical to the environmental movement.
In this TC Global Explainer, two Latin American scholars lay out the basics of drug policy, expose the ‘war on drugs’, and offer reform suggestions.
The IDF wants to encourage more women to enlist, but it also wants to encourage Orthodox men, who avoid contact with the opposite sex. How will it manage the conflict?
Research has yet to reveal why and how obesity rates have surged around the world in the past few decades.
International institutions make up a stage on which States vehemently and openly denounce world problems and suffering while they actually have no intention to act.
Improving conditions in Turkey and Greece may convince more refugees to stay where they are.
Zimbabwe like many other post colonial governments across the globe continues to struggle to attain equitable land reform.
Ruby and sapphire clouds may be hovering over exoplanet HAT-P-7b.
The Cuban leader even acted as an unofficial editor for the Nobel Prize-winning author.
To see why, one must only consider the core economic principle of supply and demand.
Methane concentrations in the atmosphere are growing at a faster rate than any time in the past 20 years.
What has the decade-long frontal assault on cartels achieved?
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore
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