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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...
Member Spotlight
Empowering Youth and Women for Elective Political Power in Nigeria
Following their earlier story, Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP) returns with a second event contribution to the International Democracy Community. This September initiative marked International Democracy Day...
A campaign sign in Central Jakarta, February 2024. photo by Joe Mathews
Global
How Losers Can Win
Karachi candidate declares his victory rigged. Indonesia mends its losers.
Photo courtesy of Lichuma Davis for Life as an activist project
Kenya
Uses and abuses of democracy in divided society
In Country in Focus, Democracy International takes a closer look at advances in modern direct democracy and...
School group at Asian African Conference Museum, Bandung, Indonesia
Global
Do You Live in Democracy?
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Refugees resist on roof @ Berlin Gallery: www.montecruzfoto.org/31-08-2014-Demo-guertelstr-Refugees CC BY-SA 2.0 Deed
Germany
One-Third of My Neighbors?
The polls say the AfD has 1/3 support in my community. What does that look like?
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European Union
Defending democracy - or are we, really?
It’s no argument that our European democracies need defending. With non-friendly actors around the world...
From
Germany
"Voices of Democracy" to instil courage
75 years ago, on 10 December 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in the aftermath of...
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Georgia
Polarisation over peace in Georgia
In Country in focus, Democracy International takes a closer look at advances in modern direct democracy and...
Aleksandra Wiśniewska (above), a 29-year-old political novice, who is now the youngest woman MP in Poland’s parliament. Courtesy of Aleksandra Wiśniewska/Instagram.
Poland
How to Win an Unfair Election
An exchange in Lodz reveals how the Polish opposition managed to defeat an authoritarian ruling party.
The presidential and vice presidential candidates of Taiwan's ruling DPP party (Photo by Joe Mathews)
Can Democracy Survive 2024?
2024 is the biggest election year in history. That may be bad for democracy.
Polling place in Surrey, British Columbia (Canada) for global Khalistan referendum
Canada
The Global Vote On Sikh Autonomy
The Khalistan referendum is not just about the Punjab. It's a preview of a future with transnational direct...