Your Personal Mayor
When looking critically at changes in democracy and politics around the world, much has been said about the personalization of politics. In many countries, where politics may have once been about the policies of a…
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Upside of Afghan Elections
Cross-posted on Americablog.com: There is a term that is often thrown around in reference to how elections, in any nation around the world, should ideally be conducted: “free and fair”. When much of the world…
Portugal’s Alternative Energy Revolution
It isn’t hard to find things that don’t work correctly in Portugal. It also isn’t hard to find people who will go on and on about how the prime minister is a bum and a…
ctrp345 Cyber Armageddon and Other Myths
Podcast: Download (Duration: 29:58 — 17.2MB) | Embed There is no shortage of poorly written stories scattered throughout the internet, about cyber attacks leading to near apocalyptic situations involving power stations or other key infrastructure…
ctrp342 Elected and Still Waiting
Podcast: Download (0.0KB) | Embed Amelia Andersdotter was elected to European Parliament in 2009. More than 6 months since the elections, she finds herself living in Brussels but still not allowed to do her job. …