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Democracy and citizenship

Protesters participate in an anti-military rally in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: VOA Burmese (Wikimedia Commons / Public domain). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Myanmar, a coup of the digital age

The coup d’état being perpetrated by the army in Myanmar has made use of more advanced –imported– technologies in pursuit of its opponents.

By Andrés Ortega
23 Mar 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
"Democracy". Sculpture by W. F. Herrick at the Courthouse Plaza in Burlington, Vermont (US). Photo: Mike Gifford (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

The alliance for democracy must start at home

The idea of an international Summit for Democracy takes on more urgency, although not necessarily effectiveness.

By Andrés Ortega
12 Jan 2021 //
7 mins Reading time
Whither conservatism? The Independence March in Warsaw (Poland) in 2019. Photo: Dawid Małecki (@djmalecki). Elcan Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Whither conservatism?

The right is commanding politics but what kind of right is it? Is it the broadly liberal conservatism or an illiberal hard right?

By William Chislett
03 Nov 2020 //
5 mins Reading time
US election 2020: digital foreign policy. Second presidential debate. Photo: Adam Schultz / Biden for President (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

US election 2020: digital foreign policy

Technology is not a top-tier issue in both Biden and Trump’s campaigns. Impacts on digital foreign policy may be significant.

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
26 Oct 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Man wearing a QAnon T-Shirt. Photo:Marc Nozell, New Hampshire, USA (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

QAnon: the religion of conspiracy

Who is QAnon? Is he the outcome of a malicious use of artificial intelligence trained with conspiratorial posts?

By Andrés Ortega
29 Sep 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Electrified Fence. Photo: Gerson Galán Beras (Public domain)
Future of Europe Analyses

Against ‘the other’? Expanding or reducing ‘the other’ in populist mobilisation: the case of refugees

Taking 2015 as a critical juncture, this paper analyses the different trajectories of the politicisation of refugees in the European Union.

By Margarita Gómez-Reino, Hans-Jörg Trenz, Beatriz Acha
28 Sep 2020 //
20 mins Reading time
"Fight for your digital rights!". Photo: Jason Krüger. Konferenz "Das ist Netzpolitik!" 2017 (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA CC BY-SA 4.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Digital rights: a necessary, yet not sufficient framework

Digital rights start to be addressed integrally. But it is essential to work on a significant weakness: the lack of own mechanisms and procedures.

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
20 Jul 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Which futures for which democracies. Photo: mauro mora (@mauromora). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Which futures for which democracies

Which is the path for democracies to assume long-term uncertainty in a scenario where a mere country-risk matrix is no longer possible?

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
27 Jan 2020 //
7 mins Reading time
No electoral system is perfect, but some seem fairer. Left: ballot boxes from the 2008 London elections (London, UK). Photo: secretlondon123 (CC BY-SA 2.0). Right: ballot box in a polling station (Gijón, Spain). Photo: Patricia Simón (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

No electoral system is perfect, but some seem fairer

Spaniards and British are equally fed up with their politicians. In both cases, part of the discontent lies with the electoral systems in each count.

By William Chislett
21 Nov 2019 //
5 mins Reading time

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