Reading behind the lines of Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament, many diplomats in Europe see the move as a hardball negotiation tactic.
Tag: Democracy (Theory and Philosophy)
A Rush to the Street as Protesters Worldwide See Democracies Backsliding
Prague. Hong Kong. Algeria. Citizens find more to object to just as they feel increasingly entitled to object.
The Interpreter: Brexit Mess Reflects Democracy’s New Era of Tear-It-All-Down
Britain’s breakdown represents a much wider phenomenon. Across Western democracies, politics are increasingly defined by opposition — to everything.
The Interpreter: Algeria Tests Path Toward Democracy in an Era of Authoritarianism
Flickers of progress highlight how much the world has changed in recent years, and how uncertain democracy’s global future remains.
The Interpreter: When More Democracy Isn’t More Democratic
The checks democratic systems impose on popular will are no accident. But the discontent they can lead to offers fertile ground to populists.
The Interpreter: When Crises Rally a Nation, and When They Don’t
Presidents Trump and Emmanuel Macron are not the first to capitalize on — or manufacture — a crisis to advance their agenda. And they are not the first to stumble.
On the Surface, Hungary Is a Democracy. But What Lies Underneath?
Hungary has the trappings of a 21st-century European democracy, but uses its devices to exert the same kind of control as the autocracies of the Cold War.
A Member of Britain’s Parliament Seized the Ceremonial Mace, and Confusion Reigned
The act of protest by a member of the House of Commons drew attention to the symbolic 17th-century object, and to the chaotic state of British politics.