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Over 70% of Ethiopia’s population is under 30 years of age. This can be converted to economic muscle if policies are introduced to tackle the high unemployment levels in the country.
Corruption has become entrenched in Ethiopia because of the political dominance of a single party – the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front.
Turkey’s referendum could lead to a tremendous change in the country’s political development, leading to an extremely autocratic regime.
Rather than an outright coup, Venezuela’s government has slowly eroded its democratic institutions and processes, until now.
Some American voters hope that instant runoff can make our elections better. But a mathematician has an idea for another solution.
One protester was killed and several senators bloodied as Paraguayans rebelled against what they consider an unconstitutional attempt to extend President Horacio Cartes’ term.
Freedom of protest and dissent could not be more fundamental to the American project. Is it in mortal peril?
By admitting South Sudan and Morocco to the African Union, the continental organisation has proven yet again that its commitment to upholding its own democratic ideals is lacking.
Election results almost always come with conspiracy theories attached, but India’s latest round of recriminations goes deeper than usual.
Recent elections in Latin America have suggested a retreat from left-wing politics and populist leaders. But results from Ecuador’s 2017 presidential election suggest otherwise.
If the ‘yes’ vote prevails in this month’s constitutional referendum, the Turkish people may be in the rare position of democratically approving the death of their own democracy.
Armenia’s upcoming election should advance the country’s transition from presidential to parliamentary system. But President Serzh Sargsyan may have a hidden agenda to retain power beyond his term’s end.
The idea that violence is acceptable when levelled against tyranny is a core American belief.
Public co-operation is not proof of trust in government. The Indian people did not trust elected politicians to represent them against top-down policymaking that caused enormous difficulties.
Spain has been transformed into a democratic laboratory, where the participation and use of new communication strategies are ready for experimentation and innovation.
When leaders of weak democracies use social media to connect with their constituents, people feel heard. But Twitter responses won’t give citizens what they need.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi knows how to use social media in politics. But the rest of his government? Not so much.
Forget old-school state propaganda. Kazakhstan’s government has reinvented itself through social media.
Rather than questioning the rule of law in Turkey, European leaders should look at ultra-nationalism in their own countries.
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Senior lecturer in democracy studies, University of Canberra
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Deputy Vice-chancellor Research, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor of Politics, Australian Catholic University
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia
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Professor in Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
