Mar 21, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Julija Sardelić The citizenship stripping of Suhayra Aden (similarly as in the Shamima Begum case), will not lead to justice or security says Julija Sardelić. In the last month, the question of citizenship revocation as a security measure hit the frontpages of...
Mar 26, 2019 | Politics & Society
By Julija Sardelić Does stripping people of citizenship lead to security and justice? Julija Sardelić explores this complex question in light of some recent cases. “What does being British mean to you? Democracy? Freedom of speech? Rights for women? Rights for...
Jul 11, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Marc Fleurbaey Marc Fleurbaey explores in these polarized times whether Americans have lost their sense of democracy. In Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville praised America’s egalitarian society, but warned against the tyranny of an ignorant majority and...
Jan 24, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Gavin Ellis In an extract from his new book Complacent Nation, former New Zealand Herald editor-in-chief Gavin Ellis explores whether New Zealand really is a complacent nation. The letter looked innocuous enough at first glance. It sat in a filing cabinet in the...
Jun 25, 2017 | Politics & Society
By Stephen Cave Stephen Cave explores whether democracies fail when they ask too little of their citizens. ‘He turned out to be the same as every other politician.’ That was the complaint I kept hearing in Athens shortly after the leftist Prime Minister Alexis...