New research suggests countries with cosmopolitan values may be more likely to
shift towards democracy, but democratic institutions can’t endure without sustained
efforts to promote such values.
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Many conspiracy theories and disinformation are rooted in antisemitic tropes which spread harm and undermine our democratic institutions.
From Europe to Latin America and the US, former world leaders are being investigated, tried and even jailed. In theory, this shows no one is above the law. But presidents and PMs aren’t just anyone.
The transition between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has formally begun, yet the outgoing president still refuses to concede. How far can he go and has such a situation been experienced in American history?
It’s dismantling the Office of Personnel Management and relocating hundreds of USDA research jobs on short notice.
Legislators in a growing number of democracies are clamping down on civil society. In the United States, it’s happening at the state level.
While the US sends observers around the world to monitor elections, few will be present during the 2018 midterms in the US.
Researchers set out across four cities to ask the public, what it would it take to rebuild your trust in the media? Here’s what they said.
An expert argues why the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times can hardly be considered an act of civil disobedience and why it might make things even worse in the Trump administration.
On Human Rights Day, and with Australia set to take up a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, here’s a must-do list for this country to become a credible advocate for human rights.
Venezuela’s opposition has called a 48-hour strike to stop the Maduro government from rewriting the nation’s constitution. But grassroots democracy may not be able to save the Bolivarian Republic.
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Scientia Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Politics, University of Adelaide
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Comparative Politics, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Associate Professor in Evolutionary Psychology, University of Auckland
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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Senior Research Associate, Boise State University
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Senior Instructor of Journalism, University of Oregon
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Instructor of Journalism, University of Oregon
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Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
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Doctoral Fellow at Georgetown and Human Rights Attorney, Georgetown University
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Faculty, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Gratz College
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Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland
