Protesters gathering outside the ERT building in Athens.
On Tuesday, it was announced that the ERT—Greece's public television network—would be shut down by Antonis Samaras' New Democracy government after 87 years of operation. Its closure was the latest in a line of austerity measures agreed to when the country was bailed out in 2010. Show More Summary
To promote intelligence accountability in new democracies and elsewhere, a new publication addresses the principles of intelligence oversight and presents draft legal provisions to govern intelligence. The document is being published in seven languages from Albanian to Ukrainian. Show More Summary
We know "The Walking Dead's" third-season finale will be a bloodbath. The only question is how many main characters will be lost in the battle between The Governor's Woodbury forces and Rick Grimes' new democracy.
Prick a Warmist and you’ll find a fascist. Here’s Warmist Helen Camakaris at Shaping Tomorrow’s World (via Tom Nelson) Don’t trust your Stone Age brain: it’s unsustainable Cognitive dissonance is that uncomfortable feeling we have when...Show More Summary
CAIRO — The U.S. and International Monetary Fund (IMF) analysts are worried about the impending foreign currency crisis that the new democracy of Egypt is facing. They are deciding whether to package a deal to temporarily rescue the Egyptian economy or to let it flounder and fail. Egypt, which has since overthrown its dictatorial but [...]
Since December, radical groups staged coordinated arson attacks at the homes of five Greek journalists and fire-bombed the brother of a government spokesman. Six days ago, nine shots hit the New Democracy part office, one of them in an...Show More Summary
(ATHENS, Greece) — A gunman fired a spray of bullets at the headquarters of the governing center-right New Democracy party near central Athens early Monday, with one hitting an office occasionally used by the prime minister, officials said. Show More Summary
“Marxist politics elevates the workers to the role of the leaders of the peasantry.” LENIN´ While Peruvian society faces itself in an extremely acute crisis, it has entered a transcendental period. In periods like this one, important political situations are defined, and the parties set positions and initiate actions which may lay out [...]
This idea isn't for today's United States, but if we were to ever try to boot up a new democracy, I'd suggest thikning about only offering the vote to citizens who had served on a jury that reached a verdict. Then at least we'd get voters who understand how the government works. Show More Summary
India is a country that is obsessed with elections. We are a relatively new Democracy and we love to talk about politics. Only cricket is the other thing that can come that close to being a universal conversation opener in India. For the newer generation it might be baffling to see that whenever there are [...]Show More Summary
We recently heard a rumor that supporters of Greece's Golden Dawn party had held a fundraiser at the Stathakion Cultural Center in Astoria, Queens.
Astoria is ground zero for New York City's Greek population — by one estimate aroundShow More Summary
... Europe would be worried to quite worried: Anti-bailout Syria: 30.5% New Democracy: 27% - Currently ruling Golden Dawn (nationalists): 14% Pasok and Democratic Left: 5% In other words, the anti-bailout party and the neo-nazis would have a near majority in parliament. Show More Summary
– President Obama used his speech before the U.N. General Assembly yesterday to defend the principle of free speech and highlight the challenges the new democracies of the Arab Spring face. “As president of our country, and commander in chief of our military, I accept that people are going to call me awful things every [...]
This post was contributed by Jay Ulfelder, a political scientist who blogs at Dart-Throwing Chimp. Yesterday David discussed an article in the April 2012 issue of World Politics claiming, among other things, that new democracies canShow More Summary
The landscape will surely change at a moment's notice, often with unpleasant surprises. The best advice any potential investor in a newly democratized country should heed is to be wary, cautious, and acutely focused on protecting your interests.
The landscape will surely change at a moment's notice, often with unpleasant surprises. The best advice any potential investor in a newly democratized country should heed is to be wary, cautious, and acutely focused on protecting your interests.
As we learn more about the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11, it becomes harder and harder to ignore the probability that the militants involved were retaliating for a drone strike that took out a top al-Qaeda leader who happened to be Libyan.
Just a few headlines that indicate that things are not going swimmingly in Greece.
Via Bloomberg... Fotis Kouvelis, the head of the Democratic Left party (which is part of the governing coaliation, along with New Democracy and PASOKShow More Summary
A new Democracy Corps (D) poll finds Democrats with an advantage in the most vulnerable tier of Republican congressional districts. "These members, on average, are barely ahead of their challengers and are as vulnerable as the incumbents in 2006, 2008 and 2010. Show More Summary
A new Democracy Corps (D) survey shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney nationally by four points, 50% to 46%.Even more interesting: The poll finds President Obama's approval rating at 50%.