In her book, Natalia Rogach Alexander discusses how the celebrated thinker on democracy and education can still enlighten ...

Valery Perry weighs US action in Venezuela and warns Europe may need alliances beyond Washington. Valery Perry of the Democratization Policy Council in Europe returns to discuss what U.S. action in ...

President Donald Trump during a news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Jan. 3, 2026, the day U.S. forced captured Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Credit - Nicole ...

President Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela would begin handing over oil worth up to $3 billion that Trump would dole out “to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.” On what legal ...

WHAT IS AMERICA’S plan for Venezuela? Three days after Nicolás Maduro was whisked out of Caracas by American special forces, the Trump administration struggles to give a clear answer. If the raid was ...

Frank Chouraqui is a non-active member of the Dutch political party Groenlinks-PvdA (center left) We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge ...

We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, universities and experts) is at an all-time low, and blatant liars are drawing ...

“Vox populi, vox Dei” — the voice of the people is the voice of God. In theory, American democracy is built on a system in which citizens, regardless of wealth or status, can all steer the course of ...

Big Tech has a democracy problem—and Nobel prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu thinks he knows how to fix it. His solution? Smart AI regulation that could help Democrats win back working-class ...

It’s not just a political loss for Trump. It’s a win for democracy, so long as the Supreme Court upholds it. During his first term, President Trump expressed his preference for bypassing the Senate ...

KYRGYZSTAN USED to be an exception in Central Asia: the sole democracy in a region run by strongmen, albeit a flawed one. That is rapidly ceasing to be the case. It regressed a bit closer to the mean ...

President Donald Trump at the White House on November 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. When thinking about the future of Venezuela, parts of the Trump Administration seem to be embracing the theory that ...