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Man who threw pipe bomb at Japan’s ex-PM Kishida gets 10 years in prison

Court says the attack was a serious challenge to democracy and posed a significant danger to many people.

Civics education is at an all-time low in Australia. Mapping our ‘civic journeys’ may help

Civics education is at an all-time low in Australia. Mapping our ‘civic journeys’ may help

Although Australia has a strong and proud democracy, it nonetheless faces important challenges.

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Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe

Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe

With the recent confirmations of Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – two of the most controversial of President Donald Trump’s high-level administration nominees – the president’s attempt to remake government as a home for political loyalists continues.

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Inside the movement to end democracy

Journalist Katherine Stewart's "Money, Lies, and God" takes readers into Trump's movement to end America

Trump and Vance have smashed the old order – how should Europe respond?

The vice-president’s attack on European values signalled a historic realignment. Should the continent seek rapprochement or go its own way? ask Nathalie Tocci, Yanis Varoufakis and others

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A short history of the separation of powers: from Cicero’s Rome to Trump’s America

In the four weeks since he was inaugurated for his second term as US president, Donald Trump has issued dozens of executive orders – many of which are now the subject of legal challenges on the grounds they exceed his authority under the US constitution. As a result, some will…

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Cross Purposes by Jonathan Rauch review – crises for Christianity and democracy

The Atlantic contributor frets about religion, politics and America – and the questions he poses are existential

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‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts

‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts

In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy

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The best of both worlds? How Australia’s unique democracy evolved

The best of both worlds? How Australia’s unique democracy evolved

We are social beings. So, within every group, decisions must be made about how to live together, preserving wellbeing and relations with others. Historically, those decisions were made by tribal leaders, or monarchs and their courts. Yet the ancient states of Greece, needing collective commitment to the battles in which…

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John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy

John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy

Former UK prime minister says US may regret ceding world stage to China and condemns ‘hypocritical’ JD Vance speech

The Guardian - UK

The courts separate democracy from autocracy. Will Trump defy them?

The courts separate democracy from autocracy. Will Trump defy them?

Thus far, the administration has pursued appeals. But remarks from JD Vance and Elon Musk echo authoritarians worldwide

The Guardian - US

America’s Enabling Act moment

America’s Enabling Act moment

As echoes of 1933 grow louder, will Congress act or must the American people shut the country down?

Trump Administration Dismantles Foreign Aid And Election Protections

Trump Administration Dismantles Foreign Aid And Election Protections

Criticism and concerns arise over the Trump administration's decisions on foreign aid and election security, impacting democracy and human rights efforts.

Ash Sarkar: ‘I never learned much of value from TV’

Ash Sarkar: ‘I never learned much of value from TV’

The leftwing political commentator on gen Z’s disillusionment with democracy, why she’s a ‘Mantel stan’ and the moral panic behind her first book

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They say we don’t like sex, drugs, democracy or DIY. But here’s how we in gen Z really feel

Recent surveys claim to have discovered a lot of alarming things about my generation. But they’re not telling you the whole story

US Vice President JD Vance Criticizes European Leaders

JD Vance's speech at the Munich Security Conference critiques European leaders on free speech, immigration, and democracy, sparking debate and reflection.

J.D. Vance Brings the Culture War to Europe: 'There Is a New Sheriff in Town'

The Munich Security Conference was supposed to be a foreign policy forum. Instead, the vice president lectured Europeans about democracy.

Vance Blasted for Denouncing 'Flimsy' Accusations of Russian Interference in Romanian Elections: 'He Just Described American Elections'

Vice President JD Vance dismissed concerns over Russian interference in Romania's elections at the Munich Security Conference, calling them "flimsy," but critics argued he inadvertently described U.S. election vulnerabilities.

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JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders

US vice-president questions whether European values are worth defending as he rails against ‘threat from within’

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Serbia is facing its largest-ever protest movement – why is Europe looking away?

On November 1 2024, the roof of a newly €55 million renovated railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia’s second biggest city, collapsed and killed 15 people. The deaths sparked Serbia’s largest wave of student-led anti-government protests since Yugoslavia’s disintegration in 2000.

Trump's shock and awe versus the courts

Brennan Center lawyer explains "there are a number of tools that judges have access to for enforcement purposes"

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Parliament has passed landmark election donation laws. They may be a ‘stitch up’ but they also improve Australia’s democracy

Federal parliament has passed the biggest changes to Australia’s electoral funding laws in decades.

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Friday essay: some tech leaders think AI could outsmart us and wipe out humanity. I’m a professor of AI – and I’m not worried

In 1989, political scientist Francis Fukuyama predicted we were approaching the end of history. He meant that similar liberal democratic values were taking hold in societies around the world. How wrong could he have been? Democracy today is clearly on the decline. Despots and autocrats are on the rise.

Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Warns Of Democracy Threat

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor emphasizes the importance of upholding court decisions and the rule of law in a speech at Miami Dade College.

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60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history

For many Americans, Donald Trump’s head-spinning array of executive orders in the early days of his second term look like an unprecedented effort to roll back democracy and the rights and liberties of American citizens.

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