The crisis of democracy and governance

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The United Nations turned 75 this year—but the pandemic overwhelmed its birthday party. The UN, built in a different world, has succeeded in...

“When I was in Lesbos, there were over 9,000, 10,000 people in the streets with little food, little water, and nothing else… literally lines of...

Like a great magician, the pandemic has drawn our attention away from things that are hiding in plain sight. One of those has been the plight of...

“What building a state and what building a society means … is for people to come together, discuss, and agree on a shared way forward.” “When they...

South Sudan celebrated its hard-won independence in 2011, but today is considered one of the most fragile, even failed states in the world. What...

“The European project has suffered and suffers from a structural blame game from the member states.” —Ana Palacio “You need to have a common...

Closed borders, hoarded medical equipment, confused policies, nasty summits. By any measure, the pandemic has not been the EU’s finest hour. But...

One hundred years ago to the month, the collapsing Ottoman Empire was finally out of its misery in the Treaty of Sevre. However, in an echo of...

Why do we seem unable to work together to manage our common home? Is the Covid pandemic considered “global” while Ebola was not, because...