Democracy

An interview with the secretary-general of Reporters Without Borders.

In Viktor Orbán’s self-styled illiberal democracy, power is maintained through patronage and cronyism built around public jobs and EU money.

A story of internet freedom and activism in a world where the EU’s copyright proposals are law, and are enforced to terrifying effect.

Murray Bookchin’s call for a radical democracy based on libertarian municipalism continues to inspire citizens’ movements across the globe.

Change in Poland today is part of a broader global transformation, and one which sees a deep urban-rural divide. What role can cities play in stopping the authoritarian populist wave?

Green reflections on prospects for prosperity, peace and a brighter future after a visit to North Korea.

The politics of spectacle aims to distract from corruption, wealth inequality, and human rights violations in Putin’s Russia.

With authoritarian populism on the rise, liberal democracy in Europe is facing an existential crisis. In this interview, Yascha Mounk, author of The People vs. Democracy, hashes out the conundrum facing democracies old and new.

Referendums are often considered the superior form of democratic expression, but how legitimate are they really?

A shared republican understanding of democracy could offer a way out from the dead ends of ethnic nationalism and identity politics.