Thailand’s anti-corruption protesters appear to have lost faith in the key tenet of representative democracy: rule by people or parties elected by the majority of citizens.
Thailand’s Deep Divide
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Democracy & Governance
Haiti: Billions in Aid, Pennies in Progress Since Earthquake
Four years since its devastating earthquake, progress in Haiti is slow and reconstruction efforts are lacking at best.
Rwandan Bonsais
Are Rwanda’s post-genocide youth programs paving the way for future unrest?
Can Love Save Europe?
Blind to the political and economic sources of their troubles, many Europeans are lashing out at gays, Jews, migrants, and the European project itself.
Algeria’s Energy Company Sonatrach: 50 Years of Corruption
The 50th birthday of Sonatrach is scarcely cause for celebration.
Typhoons and Tigers: Why Taiwan Has Outpaced the Philippines
If it weren’t for decades of Western-backed political and economic repression, the Philippines might have joined the Asian Tigers years ago.
The New Wave of NGOs in Slovakia and East-Central Europe
The new NGOs are designed to both provide direct service and to put pressure on the increasingly authoritarian Slovakian government.
Zapatistas at Twenty
There are two tests of social change movements: endurance and regeneration. After two decades, Mexico’s Zapatista movement can now say it passed both.
Open Fire and Open Markets: The Asia-Pacific Pivot and Trans-Pacific Partnership
Thomas Friedman once said the hidden hand of the market needs the hidden fist of the military. The TPP and the Obama administration’s Pacific Pivot pack both.
NAFTA at 20: A Model for Corporate Rule
NAFTA gave multinational corporations the right to sue governments to block regulations they don’t like, undermining democracy and local sovereignty.