democracy

31/05/2023 - 13:02

The rest of the world remembers Potemkin differently, for something that we would now call a disinformation campaign. In 1787, Catherine... →

24/05/2023 - 14:50

This column describes how social media and the internet have proved to be tools in the hands of autocracies intent on surveillance,... →

29/03/2023 - 13:42

When a judge knows he was appointed by a member of a government of a particular ideology, he will most definitely keep that in mind while... →

12/03/2023 - 16:06

Is the rift in Israel too large to be overcome? Instead of trying for more unity, should we try a split? That is the question that... →

25/02/2023 - 14:35

The leaders of those protests cite the same prophecy. And both sides claim the same goal: saving Israel’s democracy. Since Binyamin... →

02/01/2023 - 12:54

In the worst case, we can resent the people who have helped us, and portray them in a negative light, just to avoid the feeling that... →

19/12/2022 - 13:34

Few will miss 2022, a year defined by a lingering pandemic, advancing climate change, galloping inflation, slowing economic growth, and,... →

08/11/2022 - 13:49

Was it naive to believe that Russia would take a democratic turn after abandoning communism? As the Cold War ended, the West first embraced... →

07/09/2022 - 11:39

Wham, like the protests he’s become known for, is quiet and animated by a kind of contained mischief. Born and raised in Singapore, he has... →

17/04/2022 - 17:24

But Meri had also come to deliver a warning: Freedom in Estonia, and in Europe, could soon be under threat. Russian President Boris Yeltsin... →

06/01/2022 - 13:50

In a retirement interview a couple of weeks ago, Grif, a 32-year veteran of the Knesset Guard and, for the past 12 years, its commander,... →

24/05/2021 - 13:25

Sakharov was born in Moscow on May 21, 1921, into a family that was firmly established as part of the city's intelligentsia. Like much of... →

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