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KARAKOL
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Thirsting for Democracy, at One of World's Largest Freshwater Lakes
Image credit: 1824 painting of Anglo-Ashanti war. Public domain.
CANBERRA
READINGS The Honest Search for Democracy Is Endless
A Bigger, Science-Based Vision of Self-Government
Switzerland
Think Democratic! The Swiss 'Denknetz'
"We must think together to develop political expertise!” This is the core commitment of the Swiss think tank...
Austria
Austria Continues With A Black Eye
Austrians and their young democratic state experienced a true roller-coaster-ride recently. They failed to...
Switzerland
A New Way To Use The Popular Referendum
This is a first for Switzerland. Citizens are challenging a parliamentary decision to a nationwide vote...
Direct Democracy: The Other Side Of American Democracy
In US elections a great deal of attention, and much of the money, focuses on events at the national level....
United Kingdom
Brexit Mix Bag Do Not Offer More Democracy
Britain´s Supreme Court has ruled that the government needs parliamentary consent to start the Brexit process...
Will "We The People" Survive No. 45?
In at least one respect, the new US administration under President Trump has been very well prepared: within...
Philippines
Direct Democracy A Solution With Limitations
Amid presidential threats of introducing martial law in the Philippines, there is another much more hopeful...
"The Most Important Office In A Democracy Is The Citizen"
In his farewell speech the 44th president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, offered a lot of the...
European Union
Direct Democracy - A Global View From Stockholm
"Direct Democracy is here to stay", suggests former Belgium Prime Minister Yves Leterme, now Secretary...
European Union
Walking On The Bright Side Of Democracy In 2017
While some commentators offered their final obituaries on democracy at the end of 2016, we at P2P look...