including in the areas of advancing technology for democracy, media freedom, countering the misuse of technology, and improving financial transparency, gender equity and equality, and rule of law. The second Summit built on these efforts, convening government stakeholders...
The “states versus feds” debate has been rehashed endlessly and largely settled as a matter of US constitutional law. Despite ongoing efforts by groups like the Federalist Society to redefine the relationship between the central government and states, it has never really been framed as a “Repu...
The CEO of PEN America has stepped down after more than a decade marked by substantial growth and recent controversy Associated PressOct. 31, 2024 Harris Tries to Turn Gaza Protests Into a Way to Energize the Crowds at Her Rallies Protesters often create awkward moments for presidential candidate...
The European Union presents the election of MEPs and the President of the Commission as demonstrations of its democratic character. Yet all this is a shadow play. Most of it has already been discussed elsewhere, and no one has even heard of it. This staging will be enough to make people b...
China and Democracy Post Mao The Potential Power of China’s New Middle Class By: Ryan Smith Senior Thesis Professor Felker Abstract: This paper examines...
"We believe that the rule of law and the democratic process must be upheld. We are monitoring the situation closely," it said in a statement. And Amnesty International's deputy regional director for campaigns, Ming Yu Hah, called it an "ominous moment", telling the ...
Bangkok— Myanmar's government announced Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men accused of violence after the country's takeover by the military last year. The announc...
(in party dictatorships), or through inheritance (as in monarchies). Predictability provides stability and allows for the cultivation of elite consensus over a system of rule. It also provides the background conditions necessary for the rule of law to emerge. A situation in which rules change ...
Handhelds: Site menu in in box above $12.7-billion per lawmaker?The US federal government spends ~$6.8 Trillion annually, and there are 535 lawmakers. So each Washington DC lawmaker spends $12.7-billion each year. Obviously, this is far too much money under the control of too few people...
The first was author Daniel Jeffries' work on The Jasmine Wars, an epic sci-fi and military saga in which China becomes the world's first direct democracy, run by a highly advanced, artificially intelligent version of a DAPP platform called Cicada. This led Jeffries to wonder what exactly ...