Democracy
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Lessons from the Missed Opportunity in Puntland’s Polls
The vote was peaceful, but it followed an indirect model in which most have no voice. ICG The re-elected president…
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Nearly all federal politicians have accepted gifts from Qantas, but not all have declared them
But a bizarre Senate rule change means there are more that we don’t know about. Anton Nilsson Crikey Nearly all…
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Labor challenged to back in anti-pork barrelling bill
Independent MP Helen Haines introduced a bill to federal parliament which would increase transparency for Commonwealth grants to ensure they…
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OZ KARAHAN: THE ONLY SOLUTION IS A UNITARY, SECULAR, PLURALISTIC CYPRUS
We met Oz Karahan during our recent visit to Nicosia and had the opportunity to discuss at length the past and present…
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Saving the news media means moving beyond the benevolence of billionaires
Most spectacularly, the Los Angeles Times recently slashed more than 20% of its newsroom. Rodney Benson Victor Pickard The Conversation Though…
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Hungary: Media Curbs Harm Rule of Law
EU Action Needed to Tackle Declining Press Freedom, Pluralism The Hungarian government’s interference with media freedom obstructs journalists from holding…
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Unrest on Repeat: Plotting a Route to Stability in Peru
Absent remedies for political polarisation and state dysfunction, the mass protests that rocked the country in late 2022 could easily…
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Pakistan: Inching toward Contested Elections
As the country is deeply polarised, disputes could turn ugly. Authorities can still avoid the worst-case scenarios. What’s new? ICG…
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Belgium braces for the battle for Brussels
As Flemish nationalism surges, so do questions about the future of the capital. Politico From the outside, the excursion looks…
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‘Dark money’: $57m of donations to major Australian parties in 2022-23 of unknown origin
Analysis of AEC’s annual political returns show one quarter of major parties’ funding comes from unnamed sources Nick Evershed and Sarah Basford…
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Biggest political donors revealed amid calls for reform
The Australian Electoral Commission on Thursday published donations made in the past financial year. Maeve Bannister and Tess Ikonomou aap…
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Outcry over neo-fascist salute engulfs Italy’s Meloni
ROME — Anti-terror police are studying video footage of hundreds of people who are alleged to have performed mass fascist…
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Bangladesh’s election sees the nation’s iron lady Sheikh Hasina tighten her grip on power
He believed if he told the authorities in Bangladesh, they wouldn’t release his body, and he’d lose the opportunity to…
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Beyond the Election: Overcoming Bangladesh’s Political Deadlock
With dissatisfaction growing among the public, the ruling party and its rivals should hold negotiations to curb the risk of…
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Ten thousand people could decide the presidential election
There are lots of primaries, someone in each party wins the most and takes center stage at a big raucous…
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What is the point of Nato?
It was early September in 1971. Yanis Varoufakis UnHerd My mother had taken me in a taxi to a boutique…
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