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1 June 2019, by Alternatives International
Indian Elections 2019: Challenges Ahead

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a second mandate to run the government as the election results announced on May 23, 2019 clearly show. They got more seats than they had won in 2014 and their (...)
30 May 2019, by Messaoud Romdhani
European Union-Tunisia Relationship: "Stop People but Let Goods Through"

In the aftermath of what ’s often been referred to as the "Arab Spring", the European Union (EU) gave much more attention to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, especially to Tunisia, (...)
29 May 2019, by Amartya Sen
Democracy Demands More Than the Counting of Votes

Winning cannot be the only concern in fighting an election. It makes a big difference how the winners are viewed in the post-election world. The excitements of the recent general elections are (...)
29 May 2019, by Samuel Earle
“A Mockery of What Democracy is Supposed to Be”

I recently spoke to Roy over email about the Indian election result, the meaning of Modi, and the role of a writer when—in her words—“the world is in a churning.” This interview has been lightly (...)
28 May 2019, by Vinod Mubayi
Indian Elections 2019: An Analysis

In the wake of the recently concluded 2019 elections India has been dubbed a “majoritarian democracy”. In the near future, it is very likely that more emphasis will be placed on “majoritarian” and (...)
25 May 2019, by Iraqi Women Journalists Forum
Rise in Discrimination Against Iraqi Women Journalists

According to the indicators that Iraqi women journalists forum (IWJF) recorded in the period of May, 2018 – May, 2019, there were many violations, discrimination and violence against women (...)
24 May 2019, by Dr. Nibras Al-Mamory
Evaluation of the Speech of the UN Representative on Iraq

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Mrs. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, in her speech during the meeting of the Security Council on 21 May 2019 spoke (...)
17 May 2019, by David Barsamian
Iran Notes

“Boys go to Baghdad, but real men go to Tehran” – Bush official, 2003 Gibbon in his The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire writes of the Romans, "They endeavored to convince mankind that their (...)
17 May 2019, by Richard Greeman
The Yellow Vests of France: Six Months of Struggle

I am writing you from Montpellier, France, where I am a participant-observer in the Yellow Vest movement, which is still going strong after six months, despite a dearth of information in the (...)
17 May 2019, by The Real News Network
German Parliament Criminalizes Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement

German parliament, the Bundestag, has just passed an unprecedented piece of legislation condemning the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement, known as the BDS. They deemed BDS as anti-Semitic (...)