by Julian Nundy | 19 Apr 2021 | Eyewitness, Future of Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, World
Since 2007, I’ve been an official election observer. It’s grueling work but strengthens trust in democracy and keeps a lid on electoral fraud. A rally of the Ata Meken party in Jalal-Abad province, southern Kyrgyzstan, in 2015 (photo by Julian Nundy) It...
by Julian Nundy | 29 Jun 2020 | Health and Wellness
Cholera swept the globe half a century before COVID-19. But nothing, not even Keystone Cops, could stop our road trip to Moscow. 1849 Cholera prevention poster in New York City (Wikimedia Commons) When France, my home for many years, went into a strict lockdown to...
by Julian Nundy | 24 Sep 2019 | Europe
Ukraine and Russia have swapped prisoners, to the chagrin of investigators exploring the downing of a passenger jet. But will the swap promote peace? Ukrainians protest against the release of Volodymyr Tsemakh, a possible witness to the downing of the MH17 Malaysia...
by Julian Nundy | 22 Jan 2019 | Donald Trump, Fake News, Future of Democracy, Media Literacy
Threatened by populists and “fake news,” democracy is in crisis. But it remains better than alternatives — and a holy grail for states ditching dictators. Britain’s Big Ben clock tower, a symbol of parliamentary democracy, with a nearby statue...
by Julian Nundy | 11 Jul 2018 | Europe, Future of Democracy, Human Rights
Ukraine has had two revolutions and a war since 2004 but is still mired in conflict and graft. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, 7 May 2018. (EPA-EFE/Mykhaylo Markiv) Four years ago, the then nascent war in eastern Ukraine suffered...
