POLITICS
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America’s election systems are more than just machines – they’re people, who are overworked, underpaid and feeling pressured
By Amel Ahmed, UMass Amherst When people think about making elections secure, they often think about voting machines, cybersecurity and…
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In Bulgaria, the battle for the fundamentals of democracy is still raging
By Nadejda Iordanova, former Minister of Justice, Government of Bulgaria Is the end of impunity for Bulgaria’s Prosecutor General in…
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Sino-Russian cooperation threatens U.S. interests – allies or not
By Audrey Oien Over the past few decades, Russia and China have become more strategically aligned. This has resulted in…
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Azerbaijan’s journey from victory to victory
By Aslan Aslanov Thirty years and 44 days. What is behind these numbers? First of all, the greatness and invincibility…
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Time to think again about abolishing torture
Right now, 47 years ago to the day in the autumn of 1975, the corridors of the UN in New…
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Avoiding a war without a winner: How we could ease the deadly US-China dispute
By Jacopo Demarinis In a world haunted by the specter of nuclear war, needlessly aggressive competition among nations could lead…
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The Cambodian-UN war crimes trials are finally over
Finally, finally, the over-long, fifteen-year-long, trials of the leaders of the murderous Khmer Rouge leadership of Cambodia, are concluded. It…
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Beijing’s scramble for soft power resurrection
By Collins Chong Yew Keat China’s media sway and influence-seeking drive throughout the world have been gaining intensity and scope,…
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Putting Benin back onto a democratic path
By Rogatien Biaou In recent years we have been witnessing the demolition of the precious democracy that Benin had built…
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Whither democracy?
In the year 2000 George W. Bush became the victor of an imperfect presidential election. The less than straightforward way…
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