Democracy Archive
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Egypt: A 19th Century Answer to a 21st Century Question
Posted on July 25, 2013In the last few weeks, the world media has reacted with shock at the clashes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, which resulted in the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi and the ... -
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Brazil and Turkey’s Ripple Effect
Posted on June 30, 2013Over the past four weeks Brazilians and Turks have been holding mass protests against their respective governments, albeit for very different reasons. Despite the catalyst for these protests being ... -
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PRISM, Tempora and Creeping Authoritarianism on the Internet
Posted on June 27, 2013Due to Edward Snowden’s leaks, we now know that the United States and United Kingdom are monitoring communications data on a massive scale. I presume that everyone has read enough ... -
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WMD: Three Letters that Caused Ten Years of Misery
Posted on March 26, 2013Ten years ago this month the ‘coalition of the willing’ entered Iraq to topple the Saddam Hussein regime, which they believed was renewing its ambitions to build ‘weapons of mass ... -
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Kirchner, Megaphone ‘Diplomacy’, and The Falklands
Posted on January 15, 2013An Unsolved Problem Last year Argentine President Christina Kirchner publicly argued for a reassessment of who should control The Falkland Islands. Bizarrely, Hollywood actor Sean Penn felt the need ... -
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The Politics of Censorship behind the Great Firewall of China
Posted on January 9, 2013We have all heard of the Great Firewall of China and are aware that access to Western media is restricted, however in many ways, the restrictions on media within China ... -
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Is Democracy good for economic growth? Part III
Posted on November 27, 2012So, economic development precipitates the growth of a middle class, which, in turn, ferments political reform, best manifested through democratisation. But does this transition promote further growth? The answer is ... -
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Is Democracy Good For Economic Growth? Part II
Posted on October 8, 2012Three weeks ago I argued that democracy often inhibits the economic growth of developing states. This is because democracy generally results in the diffusion of economic decision making throughout the ... -
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Is Democracy Good For Economic Growth? Part I
Posted on September 15, 2012As the world becomes increasingly fearful of the economic crisis which has emerged within the Eurozone, it seems poignant to contrast the fate of Greece, the home of democracy, and ...