by Helen Womack | 25 Jan 2021 | Europe, Future of Democracy, Human Rights, Politics
Vladimir Putin has ruled Russia with an iron fist for two decades. Now, dissident Alexei Navalny is testing the Kremlin leader’s enduring grip on power. Demonstrators clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in...
by Bernd Debusmann | 12 Feb 2019 | Americas, Decoders, Future of Democracy
Venezuela’s collapse predates Maduro and Chavez. Venezuela is afflicted by the “paradox of plenty” — oil abundance has impoverished the nation. A Venezuelan protester against President Nicolas Maduro and in favor of Juan Guaidó, Buenos Aires,...
![Khashoggi case shows dangers of lawless world]()
by News Decoder | 18 Oct 2018 | Donald Trump, Human Rights, Islam, Middle East
By Alistair Lyon The presumed murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul is an outrage that creates painful dilemmas for the United States and its longstanding but problematic allies Turkey and Saudi Arabia, as well as for Europe....
![Khashoggi case shows dangers of lawless world]()
by Sue Landau | 21 Jun 2017 | Climate change
By Sue Landau Now that we have cheap renewable energy, a full-blown industrial revolution is waiting in the wings, propelled by the need to slow climate change. Just as the gasoline car banished horses and carriages from our roads, the electric car will drive its...
![Khashoggi case shows dangers of lawless world]()
by News Decoder | 10 May 2016 | King's Academy, Middle East, Student Posts
By William Close Behind closed doors in the Saudi capital Riyadh, consultants and government officials are developing policies to prepare the country for what until recently seemed unthinkable: an economy without oil. For decades, Saudi Arabia has been the world’s...
