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In The Shadow Of Power. The Double-Edged Sword Of Paramilitia In Today’s Precarious Global Landscape
Paramilitary organizations, often referred to as paramilitia, have become an integral part of the modern global conflict landscape.…
How Local Municipalities Can Manage Themselves More Efficiently
Although the average person might assume a local municipality is more accessible to run than a large city,…
The Countries With The Most Women In National Parliament
Today marks International Women’s Day, an important occasion to highlight key strides made by women around the world. Despite…
How Are Governments Responding To The Coronavirus Pandemic?
Governments around the world resort to variations of response measures and policies to end COVID-19. With over four…
Does Democracy Lead To Better Health?
A released report from V-Dem reveals a rather interesting insight on the global state of health. From their…
Sweden Ranked As The Most Reputable Country In The World For 2019
When it comes to a country’s reputation, bigger definitely isn’t better. With a combined population of less than…
Pathological Power: The Danger Of Governments Led By Narcissists And Psychopaths
After spending his early life suffering under the Nazis and then Stalin, the Polish psychologist Andrew Lobaczewski devoted…
Combatting Climate Change Doesn’t Mean Abandoning Growth – But It Does Require Tough Choices
With the right combination of policies, we can increase living standards and mitigate global warming at the same…
Protest Is Not Enough To Topple A Dictator: The Army Must Also Turn
What does it take to overthrow a dictator? Reflecting on this question in exile, Leon Trotsky wrote in…
Who Really Pays For American Students To Go To College?
Individually, Americans spend a lot on higher education. Most undergraduates finish with about $30,000 in debt. It’s an…
Five Reasons Why We Should Be Grateful To Donald Trump
People who are basically good sometimes cannot help doing evil. Conversely, an evil man cannot help doing some…
How Cities Became The New Laboratories Of Democracy
The ascent of cities is real, though things may not be as rosy as some suggest. Everybody who…
Power And Powerlessness In Global Cities
How does today’s globalization transform our perceptions of urban inequality and how do we respond to it? Inequality…
A Constitution Should Help A Country Govern, Not Hobble It
The United States and India, two of the world’s largest and oldest democracies, are both governed on the…
How Artificial Intelligence Is Already Changing Government
“We don’t have enough people to keep up.” “We have to go through miles of case law on…
When The State Is Unjust, Citizens May Use Justifiable Violence
If you see police choking someone to death – such as Eric Garner, the 43-year-old black horticulturalist wrestled…
Who Belongs In A City?
Underneath every shiny new megacity, there’s often a story of communities displaced. In this moving, poetic talk, OluTimehin…
The Solution To Poverty Is Opportunity, Not Charity
Treating symptoms is not enough. When we fall ill, our bodies give us symptoms to signal to our brains…
Why Politics Needs Hope (But No Longer Inspires It)
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, the word ‘hope’ was ubiquitous in Western politics. While its use…
More Than Just Sanctuary, Migrants Need Social Citizenship
In 1975, the English author John Berger wrote about the political implications of immigration, at a time when…
These Savvy Cities Are Using Tech To Spark Citizen Engagement
In the spring of 2017, the doors to a new type of community center swung open in Louisville,…
The Top 10 Kingmakers Who Shaped The Course Of History
The term “kingmaker” is used to describe a person of power and influence who plays a pivotal role…
What It’s Like To Live In A Well-Governed Country
What makes a country well-run? Whether minimising corruption or spearheading educational and medical initiatives, governments around the world…
Leading Mayors In America Weigh In On Our Future
Analyzing the “State of the City” speeches from urban leaders across the country gives a sense of the…
A Smart City Is, Because Its People Are.
By 2030, 60 percent of the world’s population is expected to live in mega-cities. How all those people…
A History Map Of The Rise & Fall Of U.S. Slavery
The historian and cartographer Bill Rankin visualizes the practice with a fresh approach. Although it was abolished in…
Open Data/Open Government – What Should Cities Really Focus On?
I have heard a lot of talk in the last few years about open government and open data.…
The Top 10 Reasons USA Is Becoming A Big Brother Society
In 1949, Eric Blair, known by the pen name of George Orwell, published 1984; a novel that has shown…
Discover The Next Design Capital Of Asia
In a worldwide economy that’s increasingly idea-driven, design has found its place as an important enabler to promote…
Wanted: More Women Running Our Local Government
The numbers have improved, but they need to be a lot better. It’s about organizational success. “When it…
An Insightful Measure Of Progress & Equity In Cities
The unemployment rate for African American men and women in the U.S. is roughly double that of white…
Strategies For Success With Government Mobile Apps
One of the most important things to consider when developing your mobile strategy is that most citizens are…
10 Nations That May Go Extinct By 2115
It can often seem as though nations are permanent fixtures on the landscape, immovable, unchangeable, and enduring. If…
Celebrate Constitution Day With USC
Congress designates Sept. 17 as a day to recognize the value and history of the guiding document. “We…
Hey Siri, How Will Apple’s Big Announcements Affect Government?
Read on to see what Apple Watch OS 2, Apple TV, the iPad Pro, the latest iPhones and…
How Data Analytics Help Cities Re-think People’s Health And Safety
In cities around the country, we’re seeing the beginning of fundamental change in how governments discharge their regulatory…
The Top 10 Richest Cities With Serious Poverty Issues
The ten cities listed here are some of the richest and most cultured cities in the world. They…
How Philly 311 Platform Comes With An Innovative Twist
Earlier this year, the city of Philadelphia – one of the communities in the City Accelerator’s first cohort…
How Leaders Led The Example On Sustainable Urban Mobility
It takes a combination of citizen support and top-down vision to create meaningful change in a city. While…
Why eGovernment Has Such A Long Way To Go
The video accompanying this story was produced for NIC in support of its Innovation Nation initiative. Two decades…
How Governments Get Better With Citizen Engagement Platforms
Every year, more consumer technologies find their way into government agencies where they can help improve service delivery…
Simon Anholt : Which Country Does The Most Good For The World?
“It’s an unexpected side effect of globalization: problems that once would have stayed local—say, a bank lending out…
Three Ways To Transform Age-Old Town Hall Meetings
The common refrain from many citizens, from large metropolises to small rural farming communities, is that government leaders…
Barcelona’s Quest To Become The Smartest City Of Them All
Barcelona has been named the Smartest City in the world for 2015, according to a February publication…
Fast-Track Regeneration In Cities
London’s winning bid for the Olympic Games focussed as much on regeneration as on sporting spectacle. As part…
Ten Things For The Perfect City
A hipster economy and celebrities misbehaving in public are also essential for the ideal city. For the Economist,…
What Government Can Learn From The Culture Of Apple
It’s not about simply delivering services more efficiently. It’s about passion, surprise and invisible opportunities. Apple has been…
DataViva, An MIT Media Lab Tool For Visualising Government Data
DataViva, a project developed in part by Media Lab professor César Hidalgo, aims to make a wide swath…