You all scowl at us, yet it’s you who are afraid of guitars and songs’. A photo of a beefed-up policeman handcuffing the slim ...

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How Ukrainian women are keeping democracy alive despite the threat of gender reforms being rolled back in wartime ...

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It lies behind social democrats PASOK, who are second, the Communist Party (KKE), as well as radical right, Greek Solution, ...

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The risk of nuclear conflict is higher today than ever before. The time is now to revive stalled efforts towards disarmament ...

Côte d’Ivoire’s election doesn’t just test a president — it tests whether democracy can survive a generation’s ...

Dr Franziska Schmidtke is a political scientist and works for the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in the Saxony-Anhalt regional office. She previously headed the FES climate and energy project in Asia.

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