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  The death of Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills some weeks back presented a different test of how much Ghana’s democracy has matured. This West African nation ushered in democracy in 1992 and has since successfully held elections every four years. The way elections are conducted and the political […]

Ageing populations is a global trend that is of utter importance for developed regions like Europe. However, other regions like Africa or South America will have older populations in the upcoming decades as well. One of the most important questions for ageing societies all over the world is: can we […]

Is a flat cap on sovereign debt percentage a smart way to go? In times of austerity it might seem so, but a more flexible and case-by-case approach could bring massive benefits in terms of growth for the European Union as a whole.

Abstract: San Salvador was a small town built by a group of architects who didn’t dare to dream big. It was meant to be just a small town in a small country.  Now that San Salvador has realized that it is just one of many small towns in a globalized […]

Graffiti has flourished with the onset of Arab revolutions, recording the ebb and flow of uprising across city walls in inspiring murals that mimic the triumphs and disappointments in a people’s fight for freedom. Beyond graffiti, it is no secret that the arts and culture scene in Egypt and the […]

At the end of 2010 both the Washington Post and the Economist created a new buzz word for describing the political situation in Hungary: “Putinization”. So how can Russia escape from its own “Putinization?” Russia has never been a big supporter of democratic freedoms, prefering to draw on its imperial […]