Stories

MOSI
COLUMN The Local Assembly Beautiful Enough to Run a Nation
The Kgotla Mixes Democracy, Culture, and Technocracy to Govern Botswana
Germany
The People’s Candidate
The United Nations is choosing its next Secretary-General at perhaps the most precarious moment in its history. The process tells us something uncomfortable about the institution the successful candidate will inherit: the UN has...
GUATEMALA CITY
READINGS: The Case Against Making Democracy a Human Right
A Venice Commission Brief Says Democracy Is Created by Rights, But Is Not One
SURBANDAR
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES US-Iran War Spills Into Coastal City
Local Authorities See War as Source of Oil Killing Fish
United States of America
On the Frontlines of Democracy: Building a Global Picture of Organizations...
Democracy work is getting harder, and the organizations doing it are largely invisible in the data Around...
Participants of the Democracy Camp Bulgaria. Photo courtesy by Tom Goupil
Bulgaria
Our Four-Step Methodology on Giving Space for Young People’s Voices
The European Union acknowledges that democracy is under internal and external pressure, and also how...
NAIROBI
ZÓCALO: Which City Should Be Capital off the New World Order?
The Cases for Nairobi, Doha, Bonn, Manila and the Amazon
GRENOBLE
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Grenoble
Visiting the Most Democratic City in France
Photo from EU for Global Citizens' Panel
European Union
If Ordinary People Can Handle This, Why Aren’t We Asking Them?
From The Hague to a Swiss ballot box, citizens keep proving they can make hard climate decisions. Democracy...
HOLLYWOOD
COLUMN 'Who Gets the Credit?' A Feature Film
Are Tax Credits, or Creativity, Best for Saving a City?
Iceland and EU flags
Iceland
Iceland Said No to EU Talks. There Is No Need to Panic.
I’ll admit it. I would have preferred a different result. On 29 August, Icelanders voted 52.8% to 47.2%...
Germany
Citizen Initiatives: It Is Not the Signature That Counts. It Is What...
Imagine coming across a petition on a topic or theme you genuinely care about. You read it, you sign it, and...