New moves to make the work of Ukraine’s NGOs “transparent” only highlights how the fight against corruption is being undermined. 

If the intensive use of the information and communication technologies does not go hand in hand with sovereignty over the data we produce, the social and political consequences can be dire. Español Português

The removal of a hefty registration fee on Syrian refugees masks a policy of exploitation by the Lebanese government.

Basically all unions demand a stronger sanctioning capacity for the Arbitration Council.

The rising star of Ukrainian politics tells openDemocracy that deep-rooted corruption is the greatest threat to the nation’s democracy 

Responses to the Brexit vote have revealed a disturbing current of anti-democratic sentiment. We need to challenge these attitudes and commit to a deeper form of democracy.

Global icon Aung San Suu Kyi faces the everyday challenges of governing a nation whose ethnic tensions threaten to tear it apart.

The populist turn in the West since the global economic crisis is undermining Europe’s liberal democratic model. But are illiberal ideas really as popular as they seem?

Fighting extremism isn’t just about military and intelligence solutions. What strategies should governments and civil society groups pursue?

How will changes in technology impact on the ability of election observers to monitor the democratic process?

Following an informal vote held at the UN in New York today, the UN Security Council will vote by acclamation tomorrow to choose Portugal’s António Guterres as the next UN Secretary-General. 

A grassroots programme in China has successfully trained young women to run in local elections, and dismantled negative perceptions and discriminatory rules that hindered their political participation.

Women in Myanmar are not only the victims of war -- they can be smart negotiators and understand the conflict just as well as men. Why have their voices been excluded from the peace process for so long?

Women have been trailblazers in Africa, but who knows about it? We must recognise that storytelling is just as important a weapon in the fight for gender parity as political representation.

In the first of a series of interviews by Phil England examining the situation in Iceland and the possible relevance of developments there to the UK, Phil talks to Pirate Party MP Birgitta Jonsdottir.

Only a world parliament can provide the democratic legitimacy and the planetary perspective required for developing global laws.

Are the two major party blocs that have dominated European politics since the immediate post-WWII period too big to fail? The evidence suggests not — so what are they going to do about it?