Senior official calls for efforts to advance people’s democracy, rule of law throughout process – Xinhua
Wang Chen, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the...
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Fawad hails CJP Ahmed’s retirement for his ‘historic stand on minority rights and independent adjudication’ – Pakistan
Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday praised Pakistan's outgoing Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed for his "support for minorities"...
Why spite could destroy liberal democracy – Simon McCarthy-Jones
Some voters backed Donald Trump in the 2016 US election to upset Hillary Clinton, even though they thought he would...
Document: HK makes progress on democracy
'One country, two systems' proved to be a big hit, says white paper Hong Kong enjoys promising prospects for the...
Biden Democracy Summit: Minority rights paramount in any political system
US President Joe Biden gestures after driving Hummer EV Image credit: Reuters In its recently released report on the state...
Democracy and demography work together
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Biden’s “Democracy Summit” meets the African paradox
As the Biden administration prepares for its virtual "Summit for Democracyâ€This week, and plans to host the second African leaders...
HC rejects call to ban Salman Khurshid’s book: “Democracy would be in danger if creative voices were suppressed”
The Delhi High Court said on Friday that a rule-of-law democracy would be in grave danger if creative voices are...
Pakistan: a nation of minority rights abuses
After Jinnah died, without a national leader who holds the country together and with a shabby state, a vacuum opened...
What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Declining Democracy
David Kenny, Trinity College Dublin and Conor Casey, University of Liverpool Not so long ago, in a galaxy not so...
Protect rights and give hope in Indian democracy
As we celebrate 75 years of Indian independence, this film shows a mirror of our society Stephanie Thomson, editor at...
The fall of liberal democracy?
In his book The end of the story and the last man, Francis Fukuyama asserts that with the rise of...
Minority rights on the altar of judicial-executive friction in India – TwoCircles.net
It is high time for the court to render a decision in this regard as well so that confidence in...
Getting Europe’s Direct Democracy Right – Carnegie Europe
Debates about how to revive European democracy involve starkly contrasting views on direct democracy. For some, a greater use of...
India ‘slips’ in liberal democracy index after Modi comes to power: EU assisted report
According to the report, “The world's most populous democracy, India, is under threat. Its level of democracy has declined considerably...
Liberal Democracy – Stabroek News
Last week, in response to an opinion expressed by Mr Ralph Ramkarran in his Sunday column that the PPP had...
Minority rights, rule of law at risk in MP, concludes JIH team
By Pervez Bari New Delhi: "Democracy, civil liberties, minority rights and the rule of law are at risk in BJP-ruled...
Why spite could destroy liberal democracy
As communism imploded in 1989, the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama asked if liberal democracy was "the end of history,"...
Florida legislature has declared war on direct democracy
The legislature got it with an intrusion into its power by the people of Florida.In the last session, lawmakers passed...
Gaps in liberal democracy and a look at the political imbalance in the cabinet reshuffle
Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds meeting with the new Union Cabinet at his official residence in New Delhi on July...
Liberal democracy lives on the page, not on the screen
"Here I would like to reflect on the optimal mechanisms to maintain the rational mindset that underpins liberal democracy. As...
Slovenian President insists his country has not abandoned liberal democracy as it takes over the rotating EU presidency
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - The Slovenian president rejected in an interview on Wednesday that the increasingly autocratic policies of the...
The defense of liberal democracy by Hans-Georg Maaßen
The following commentary is based on text originally appeared in German in Junge Freiheit. An English translation of the interview...
Peter L. Biro: Section 33 has no place in a liberal democracy. It should be repealed
Breadcrumb Links NP Comment The notwithstanding clause is a dangerous and utterly useless tool Author of the article: Peter L....
CoE President Parlt addresses Hungarian leaders on minority rights
Rik Daems, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, met with Hungarian leaders on Friday in Budapest...
Bosnia and Herzegovina improves protection of minority rights
Bosnia and Herzegovina takes measures in law and practice to protect the rights of the country's national minorities and promote...
The fading light of liberal democracy
"For the first time this century, among countries with over a million inhabitants, there are now fewer democracies than undemocratic...
Rule of law and direct democracy: a strained relationship
A protest outside the United States Supreme Court Rod Lamkey / DPA In the United States, courts are called after...
Slow death of liberal democracy
The Constitution of India has a preamble. Few read the preamble or understand its meaning. Even those familiar with certain...
Across the Aisle: Slow Death of Liberal Democracy
Following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump wasted no time in nominating Justice Amy Coney Barrett to...
Save liberal democracy
I belong to a wealthy generation. Born in the UK in 1944, towards the end of a world war that...
Save liberal democracy | ASEAN Post
I belong to a lucky generation. Born in the United Kingdom (UK) in 1944, towards the end of a world...
James Madison’s Last Fight: Are We Witnessing the End of Liberal Democracy?
Recent events - from Black Lives Matter protests to a show trial for an impeached president, to the poorly managed...
Weak support for liberal democracy in eastern EU, poll finds – POLITICO
Liberal democracy enjoys weak support in much of central and eastern Europe, according to a poll conducted in 10 countries...
Has liberal democracy passed its expiration date?
“Many forms of government have been and will be tried in this world of sin and calamity. No one claims...
Bold in tough times: Bulgarians organize for liberal democracy
After the end of communism in Eastern Europe and the introduction of pluralist political systems in the latter part of...
Liberal Democracy and Its Enemies by Chris Patten
The challenges facing Western liberal democracies today are serious enough to remind us of Europe's descent into tyranny in the...
Debates Munk – Michael Ignatieff: Ignore the naysayers. Liberal Democracy is Built to Last
Breadcrumb Links Full Comment This complex balance of majority rule balanced with minority rights, judicial oversight, rule of law and...
Liberal democracy seems on a razor’s edge
In Mohammed Hanif's novel Red Birds, an American bomber pilot crashes his plane in the Arabian desert and finds himself...
Liberal Democracy in Decline, Should We Be Worried?
As the world watches with awe and awe the greatest democracy on the planet go to the polls, why should...
The weaknesses of liberal democracy that could rule it out
For anyone curious about the future of democracy, two developments from Brazil and Germany pose a certain mystery.Jair Bolsonaro's election...
What happens next? Lessons for the resumption of liberal democracy
Abstract Democracy in America suffers from a pattern of institutional decline that has lasted for decades. The candidacy and election...
Saving liberal democracy from extremes
"Nothing excessive". This motto, also known as "the golden mean", was displayed in the ancient sanctuary of Delphi. Such restraint...
Liberal democracy is in crisis. But … do we know what it is? | Helena Rosenblatt
IIt was 25 years ago that Fareed Zakaria warned of a new and growing threat: the rise of “illiberal democracyâ€...
The Double Threat to Liberal Democracy – Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik The crisis of liberal democracy is today severely criticized. Donald Trump's presidency, the Brexit vote in the UK...
The Double Threat to Liberal Democracy by Dani Rodrik
Illiberal democracy - or populism - is not the only political threat facing Western countries. Liberal democracy is also undermined...
Liberal democracy: a difficult choice for Ukraine
The Kyiv Arch Friendship, temporarily renamed the Diversity Ark in honor of the 2017 EuroVision Song Contest. (C) NurPhoto /...
Threats to liberal democracy | The Japan Times
LONDON - Emmanuel Macron's overwhelming victory over right-wing nationalist Marine Le Pen in the last round of the French presidential...
McKenzie Wark on Chantal Mouffe and Liberal Democracy – Frontpage
For Public Seminar, McKenzie Wark writes about political theory and Chantal Mouffe's “demos†and Mouffe's growing relevance in light of...
Is the era of liberal democracy coming to an end?
In August 2012, some 200 right-wing extremists gathered on the Rütli meadow, considered the birthplace of Switzerland. The far right...
South Korean Liberal Democracy parked in
Author: Kee-seok Kim, National Kangwon UniversityThe international media have spent 2015 criticizing South Korean President Park Geun-hye's government and its...
“Switzerland is the gold standard of direct democracy”
Direct Democracy in action: A committee boxes up lists of signatures it has collected to force a national vote on...
