Democracy

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A moral roadmap for European renewal

Alejo Jose G. Sison | 16 December 2011 |

tags: democracy, European identity, natural law

Nothing less than a return to the foundations of justice in nature and reason will do.

Are character strengths enough?

Kevin Ryan | 14 October 2011 |

tags: character education, democracy, moral relativism

Teaching virtues to school children is only one part of handing on our moral heritage.

Democracy in peril: Egypt’s handling of Coptic unrest

Anthony Billingsley | 13 October 2011 |

tags: Coptic Christians, democracy, Egyptian unrest, religious freedom, tolerance

Formerly the heroes of Tahrir Square, the military are now being viewed differently.

Home truths for a liberal society

Sergio Belardinelli | 04 August 2011 |

tags: democracy, family, liberalism

The family is the place where society nurtures the values essential for an ordered civic life.

An agenda for the Silent Generation

Kevin Ryan | 02 August 2011 |

tags: democracy, education reform, young adult

There is no shortage of issues awaiting the attention of the under-40s.

Promoting democracy abroad

Carson Holloway | 07 April 2011 |

tags: democracy, Middle East, US foreign policy

Is America morally obliged to support democratic movements in the Middle East - or anywhere?

The Net Delusion

John Lloyd | 02 April 2011 |

tags: democracy, internet

Oppressive regimes are now the expert manipulators of Web 2.0, argues an internet guru. Does his argument stand up after the Arab Revolution?

After Gaddafi, the greatest challenge

Alison Pargeter | 10 March 2011 |

tags: democracy, Libya, nationhood

Historical regional differences will make it very hard for Libya to develop a sense of national identity.

Revolution and the Muslim world

George Friedman | 23 February 2011 |

tags: democracy, Islam, revolution

There is no guarantee that the democracies which emerge from the ashes of Arab regimes will be friendly to Western interests.

The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia

Mohammed Hussainy | 17 January 2011 |

tags: democracy, Tunisia

The people of Tunisia have toppled their president, sending three important messages to the Arab world.

Convicted felons are citizens too

Rebecca Gould | 30 July 2010 |

tags: democracy, felon voting rights, rehabilitation

But 5.4 million Americans are currently barred from voting due to a felon conviction, with severe consequences for their rehabilitation and the democratic process.

Tales of two men in red

Pedro Jose Izquierdo | 13 July 2010 |

tags: Catholic Church, democracy, Venezuela

Hugo Chávez and an outspoken cardinal are feuding over the future of democracy in Venezuela.

Fatal attraction: democracy and the welfare state

Samuel Gregg | 22 June 2010 |

tags: democracy, economics, Global Financial Crisis, welfare state

Expansive and expensive welfare programs have brought European social democracies to the verge of catastrophe. Will democracy hamper economic reform?

Is Israel’s democratic ethos threatened from within?

Joel Schalit and Keith Kahn-Harris | 15 June 2010 |

tags: democracy, Israel

Many voices warn that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is corroding the country’s democracy.

Sorrow and anger at Poland’s tragedy

Adam Chmielewski and Denis Dutton | 14 April 2010 |

tags: democracy, Poland, Russia

The air-crash which decapitated Poland’s state elite may owe something to reckless behaviour, official negligence - and the flaws of modern democracy itself.

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