Thinking global, living local: Voices in a globalized world

  • Democracy in Bulgaria: the unexisting stool with 2.17 legs

    Bulgaria to Teach Tunisia How to “Do Democracy”

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    When Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid in December 2010, nobody expected what was going to happen afterwards. Several observers and experts attempted to draw a parallel between events in Tunisia and the dramatic changes that took place in eastern European countries after […]

  • Unconcerned by 9/11? Think again!

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    My skin is milk-white. I am from Eastern Europe. I am a successful student in Paris, France. I have nothing from a North-African girl with her lively French punctuated by Arabic words and her curly hair, often shyly sleeping under a veil. I am everything but concerned by what happened on September 11.

  • Flower with Vladivostok panoram in the background. Photo by Jason Rogers

    Russia: Failed Green Policy and Civil Society Alternatives

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    Ulrike Reinhard’s article compares democracies to authoritarian regimes and the ways these political models address environmental issues. But what about a country that is neither a democracy nor a 100% authoritarian state? Failed democracies like Russia have a high level of corruption that creates situations in which the authorities turn […]

  • Liptov, Slovakia. Photo by Martin Sojka

    A Decade On from 9/11: A Slovakian Perspective

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    I remember that day when I came home earlier and saw the burning twin towers on TV. My thoughts at the moment were – someone crazy had his ‘dream’ come true but he’s taking many innocent people with him. I waited for the news updates hoping they would bring a […]