You are here: Homepage Tag democracy Articles It's too early to name our fast-changing era, says journalist and historian Anne Applebaum Photo: Maciej Zienkiewicz New Global Order An era of uncertainty The old order is breaking down: historian Anne Applebaum reflects on the profound changes of our time Interview with Anne Applebaum 05/03/2025 Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai Foto: Lars Hübner Shift to the right „People want faster solutions“ In Europe and the USA, right-wing parties are increasingly gaining influence, while resistance to them is waning. Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai diagnoses a collective democratic fatigue Interview with Arjun Appadurai 04/08/2025 Mexican author Gabriela Jauregui Photo: Gary Doak / Alamy Manifesto | Mexico My president For the first time in history Mexico voted for a female president. Following Claudia Sheinbaum’s landslide win, the writer Gabriela Jauregui lists her demands for the new Presidenta By Gabriela Jauregui 05/29/2024 Photo: Ole Witt Personal history | Myanmar “I always knew what I wanted” Doctor and author, Ma Thida, spent a long time in prison as a result of fighting for democracy in Myanmar. Regardless, she hopes to return to her country soon By Ma Thida 02/26/2024 One of Sudan’s many protests: back in May 2019, thousands of people demonstrated in Khartoum demanding that the country’s military government relinquish control Photo: David Degner/Getty Images Politics | Sudan A state held hostage Politicians, the military, investors: in Sudan, key players are fighting over power and money. On how violence is flaring up again in a state that just won’t settle down By Stella Gaitano 10/25/2023 Left: Lin Chia-Hsing, right: Wu Pei-Yi Photos: Kuomingtang (KMT) / Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Democracy | Taiwan In Taiwan’s two-party system The Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party are the only two political parties in Taiwan. What do they stand for? Two delegates give us the low-down on their political hopes, dreams and aspirations By Lin Chia-Hsing, Wu Pei-Yi 06/01/2023 Taiwan’s diplomatic representative Shieh Jhy-Wey, in Berlin Photo: Ole Witt for KULTURAUSTAUSCH Diplomacy | Taiwan “Without our chips, your car window won’t open” Taiwan’s diplomatic representative Shieh Jhy-Wey promotes his country’s interests in Berlin. A conversation about democratic alliances, the country’s authoritarian legacy and Xi Jinping Interview with Shieh Jhy-Wey 06/01/2023 A protester in the Senate chamber of the U.S. Capitol, which was stormed during a congressional confirmation hearing for the 2020 presidential election, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 06, 2021 Photo: Getty Images / Win McNamee / Staff Social media | USA Where communication is chaotic How can social media guarantee that their digital spaces are democratic? A proposal By Nicole Curato 04/14/2022 Survey | Cape Verde 82 % of young people in Cape Verde are disillusioned with democracy By Brígida Morais 01/07/2022 Illustration: Gosia Herba Democracy | Poland The Polish lesson The government is remodelling the country. Many people in Poland are protesting against the changes. But why does the opposition remain so weak? By Piotr Pacewicz 07/01/2021 Illustration: Kulturaustausch Online protest | South East Asia The great tea revolution Under the hashtag #MilkTeaAlliance, more and more people in Southeast Asia are rising up against autocracy and censorship. What’s behind the online movement? By Brian Hioe 04/01/2021 Large sections of the Turkish population are against the regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling AKP party. Despite police violence and the threat of arrest, they are protesting on the streets Photo: Yasin Akgül/AFP/Getty Images 7 Steps to Dictatorship Author and journalist Ece Temelkuran explains how right-wing populists are destroying democracy worldwide. A conversation Interview with Ece Temelkuran 06/26/2019
It's too early to name our fast-changing era, says journalist and historian Anne Applebaum Photo: Maciej Zienkiewicz New Global Order An era of uncertainty The old order is breaking down: historian Anne Applebaum reflects on the profound changes of our time Interview with Anne Applebaum 05/03/2025
Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai Foto: Lars Hübner Shift to the right „People want faster solutions“ In Europe and the USA, right-wing parties are increasingly gaining influence, while resistance to them is waning. Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai diagnoses a collective democratic fatigue Interview with Arjun Appadurai 04/08/2025
Mexican author Gabriela Jauregui Photo: Gary Doak / Alamy Manifesto | Mexico My president For the first time in history Mexico voted for a female president. Following Claudia Sheinbaum’s landslide win, the writer Gabriela Jauregui lists her demands for the new Presidenta By Gabriela Jauregui 05/29/2024
Photo: Ole Witt Personal history | Myanmar “I always knew what I wanted” Doctor and author, Ma Thida, spent a long time in prison as a result of fighting for democracy in Myanmar. Regardless, she hopes to return to her country soon By Ma Thida 02/26/2024
One of Sudan’s many protests: back in May 2019, thousands of people demonstrated in Khartoum demanding that the country’s military government relinquish control Photo: David Degner/Getty Images Politics | Sudan A state held hostage Politicians, the military, investors: in Sudan, key players are fighting over power and money. On how violence is flaring up again in a state that just won’t settle down By Stella Gaitano 10/25/2023
Left: Lin Chia-Hsing, right: Wu Pei-Yi Photos: Kuomingtang (KMT) / Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Democracy | Taiwan In Taiwan’s two-party system The Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party are the only two political parties in Taiwan. What do they stand for? Two delegates give us the low-down on their political hopes, dreams and aspirations By Lin Chia-Hsing, Wu Pei-Yi 06/01/2023
Taiwan’s diplomatic representative Shieh Jhy-Wey, in Berlin Photo: Ole Witt for KULTURAUSTAUSCH Diplomacy | Taiwan “Without our chips, your car window won’t open” Taiwan’s diplomatic representative Shieh Jhy-Wey promotes his country’s interests in Berlin. A conversation about democratic alliances, the country’s authoritarian legacy and Xi Jinping Interview with Shieh Jhy-Wey 06/01/2023
A protester in the Senate chamber of the U.S. Capitol, which was stormed during a congressional confirmation hearing for the 2020 presidential election, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 06, 2021 Photo: Getty Images / Win McNamee / Staff Social media | USA Where communication is chaotic How can social media guarantee that their digital spaces are democratic? A proposal By Nicole Curato 04/14/2022
Survey | Cape Verde 82 % of young people in Cape Verde are disillusioned with democracy By Brígida Morais 01/07/2022
Illustration: Gosia Herba Democracy | Poland The Polish lesson The government is remodelling the country. Many people in Poland are protesting against the changes. But why does the opposition remain so weak? By Piotr Pacewicz 07/01/2021
Illustration: Kulturaustausch Online protest | South East Asia The great tea revolution Under the hashtag #MilkTeaAlliance, more and more people in Southeast Asia are rising up against autocracy and censorship. What’s behind the online movement? By Brian Hioe 04/01/2021
Large sections of the Turkish population are against the regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling AKP party. Despite police violence and the threat of arrest, they are protesting on the streets Photo: Yasin Akgül/AFP/Getty Images 7 Steps to Dictatorship Author and journalist Ece Temelkuran explains how right-wing populists are destroying democracy worldwide. A conversation Interview with Ece Temelkuran 06/26/2019
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