The Orthodox Church of Ukraine’s decision to permit parishes to celebrate Christmas on December 25 appeared to be a political ploy designed to diminish the influence of the Russian Orthodox…
Peru’s recent protests have been the most intense in the country in at least a century, leaving a tragic toll of at least sixty human lives. The causes of the…
The decolonization that spanned across the 20th century dramatically reshaped our world, but what often escapes common knowledge about this period is that anticolonial intellectuals and statesmen did not only…
Since 2019, Kenyans from the Kipsigis and Talai people have sought reparative compensation for their evictions enforced by the British militaryacross decades of colonial rule in favor of white…
Reforming the country’s justice sector was one of the agreements of Guatemala’s 1996 Peace Accords, which ended one of the region’s longest-running internal conflicts. However, the country continues to be…
Trust between citizens and their states is crucial for resilience in the face of COVID-19 and the global challenges on the horizon. Ironically, the pandemic has magnified a particularly consequential…
On Monday, November 15, 2021 (N15), a Facebook group of more than 31,000 young Cuban artists and other critics of the Cuban government named Archipiélago (“Archipelago”) called for a “Civic…
Sudan’s non-violent pro-democracy movement has declared that it will continue to protest the recent coup until the military hands over power to a civilian government. While military leadership has strong…
Disinformation is pulling at the seams of our already frayed societies. Democracies face an epistemic crisis of daunting proportions coupled with the erosion of trust in institutions and public authorities.
This piece argues that global development leadership is faltering yet remains necessary for advancing an equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, tackling global challenges, and driving progress towards the sustainable development…
