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Hungary election
Hungary
The opposition understood the assignment.
The Hungarian 3-step plan to beat an authoritarian.  Autocrats around the world will study Orbán’s successes: how to consolidate power over time, how to reward loyalists, how to weaken watchdogs, and how to loot the state while...
Afghanistan
#OurDemocracyLocal Andreea Apostu and Paul Marc
Andreea Apostu and Paul Marc
Afghanistan
#OurDemocracyLocal Kaelo Molefhe
The power of Kgotla.
Botswana
Radical Democrats in Desert
Diamonds and deliberation.
Afghanistan
COLUMN: Bono for Mayor
Local democracy is weak. A rock-star Dublin mayor could change that.
Ireland
COLUMN: Bono for Mayor
An elected Dublin mayor could change world
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Global
Dracula Discută Democrație
'Democrația și vampirii au multe în comun'
Singapore
Show Us the Money
Health care and a lack of democracy.
Georgia
20 Days in the Caucasus
Inspiring struggles for democracy in lands of conflict.
Photo Credit: George M. Groutas via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Deed
Global
What is 'Smart Democracy'?
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