For over a year, openDemocracy has worked to reveal how military enables abuse then closes ranks around perpetrators ...

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There are plenty of ways we could enter a new global crisis. One might stem from a pandemic, a cyber attack, or any one of the current wars escalating out of control. Already underway, though, is ...

One week ago, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu was in a political mess. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) had failed to destroy Hamas and two of the ceasefire conditions were proving ...

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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 prompted a refugee crisis in Europe. News footage showed people piling onto trains and into cars, desperate to escape the threat of bombs and ...

openDemocracy is an independent international media platform covering news, ideas and culture which seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate.

openDemocracy is an independent international media platform covering news, ideas and culture which seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate.

A woman pays her respects at a cemetery in Lesvos for refugees who drowned in the Aegean Sea. Almost 1,000 people were reported as dead or missing en route to Greece in the last two years Over 20 ...